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The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
by Sears, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are otherwise
- ISBN 10
- 0691040370
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040370
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are otherwise clean and clear. Binding is tight.). Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering; tan dust jacket with brown lettering and illustration; mylar cover; xviii, 235 pp, 63 pages of bw plates; 90 illustrations. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1982 Contents: The seasons of life -- Sevens in the life cycle -- The ages of man and the ages of world history -- Times of conversion in the human life -- Popular cosmology -- The ages of man in the preacher's repertory -- The moralized life in images.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 184474
- Title
- The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
- Author
- Sears, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are otherwise
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0691040370
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040370
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Classical Art/Antiquities ; Medieval Art ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Art/Antiquities;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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