Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

The Horned Moses in Medieval Art and Thought [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO RABBI RAGINS]

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Rabbi Ragins, signed and dated by author on title page. 4to. xix, 210, 80pp of plates. Original pictorial dustjacket over mottled blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. The author "...explores, among other topics, how horns figure in ancient and barbarian, Anglo-Saxon arts; the commentaries of theologians; the possible relevance of the bishop's horned miter; and the confusion that may have arisen from a belief, widespread in the Middle ages, that horns were a demonic attribute of Jews." Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of various medieval art relating to the subject. Light wear along edges of dj and minor stain at bottom right front cover; price-clipped. Tight copy with dust jacket in overall good+, book in near fine condition. g+ to near fine. Item #38173
ISBN: 0520017056

Price: $65.00

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