Guided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui—the fear of empty space—is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Image, Elina Gertsman argues that Gothic art, in its attempts to grapple with the unr...(展开全部)

Illuminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the book and life in the Middle Ages. This book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignette by a medieval narrator—including a parchment ma...(展开全部)

What do they all mean - the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongleurs to be found protuding from the edges of medieval buildings and in the margins of illuminated manuscripts? Michael Camille explores that riotous realm of marginal art, so often explained away as mere decoration or zany doodles, w...(展开全部)

Was your mother too busy, too tired, or too checked-out to provide you with the nurturing you needed as a child? Men and women who were undermothered” as children often struggle with intimate relationships, in part because of their unmet need for maternal care. The Emotionally Absent Mother will help you understand what was missing from your childhood, how this relates to you...(展开全部)

For 2000 years the state-run libraries of imperial China systematically assembled standard collections of books from the past and present. Although the collections themselves were lost through warfare and fire, the classified catalogues prepared by the Privy Director of Books were often used in compiling national bibliographies for the state-sponsored dynastic histories. Throug...(展开全部)

杨腓力（Philip Yancey） 美国当代作家、编辑。三十多年来，凭借纯熟的文字和过人的洞察力，诚恳深入地探讨信仰和生活中的艰难和困惑，影响了超过1500万读者。他的作品曾12次获得美国ECPA年度图书金奖，并被翻译成25种文字，流传到世界各国。代表作有《无语问上帝》、《有话问苍天》、《恩典多奇异》等。杨腓力是Christianity Today杂志的主编。 保罗•班德（Paul Brand,1914-2003） 世界著名的手部外科医生和痳风病专家，他在印度投身痳风病的治疗和康复工作达十八年之久，赢得无数奖项和荣誉，其中包括素负盛名的阿伯特•拉斯卡奖、美国达米恩-杜顿痳风奖，并受英国伊丽莎白女王封为爵士。随后在担任路易斯安那州卡维尔痳疯中心的康复主任时，获得美国公共卫生部杰出服务奖。晚年半退休的他，曾任华盛顿大学骨科系退休名誉临床教授，以及世界卫...(展开全部)

Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims’ badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classified as manuscript illumination, but Kathryn M. Rudy argues that these pictures should be called, instead, parch...(展开全部)