List of plates; Foreword Timothy Graham; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The Vatican Terence and its model; 2. The classical miniatures and the stage; 3. Dramatic gestures in the miniatures; Appendix to chapter 3: the views of Jachmann; 4. Anglo-Saxon gestures; Bibliography; Index.
This 1999 book studies the pictorial language of gesture revealed in Anglo-Saxon art, and its debt to classical Rome.
"this book is of lasting importance for its analysis of the meaning of gestures in Old Comedy." CAA Reviews "...Dodwell's book is both a richly suggestive source and a model of rigorous argumentation." Early Drama, Art & Music Review
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