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The Illustrated Old English Hexateuch" is a very important study of perhaps the most richly illustrated manuscript surviving from the Middle Ages. Benjamin C. Withers offers myriad insights into the functioning and purposes of the extraordinary book. Though this is clearly a work of art history, the literary analysis and consideration of non-illustrated manuscript material are truly impressive.'-Herbert Kessler, Department of the History of Ar...

At different times and in different places, the human form has been regarded in different ways. The Ancient Greeks thought it was the most admirable subject for art whereas early Christians often viewed it as lascivious in our post-lapsarian state. Benjamin Withers of Indiana University at South Bend and Jonathan Wilcox at the University of Iowa have assembled one of the most talented groups of young scholars in the field of early medieval stu...