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The function of images in the major illustrated English poetic works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early 15th century is the primary concern of this book. Maidie Hilmo argues that the illustrations have not been sufficiently understood because modern judgements about their artistic merit and fidelity to the literary texts have got in the way of a historical understanding of their function. She here proves that artists took their work seriously because images represented an invisible order of reality, that they were familiar with the vernacular poems and that they were innovative in...

The function of images in the major illustrated English poetic works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early fifteenth century is the primary concern of this book. Hilmo argues that the illustrations have not been sufficiently understood because modern judgments about their artistic merit and fidelity to the literary texts have got in the way of a historical understanding of their function. The author here proves that artists took their work seriously because images represented an invisible order of reality, that they were familiar with the vernacular poems, and that they were innovative in...

The medieval reading process was unusually multi-faceted, and can surprise the modern reader by offering an alternative grid or map of a text we believe we know well -- one that cuts across or unsettles familiar stereotypes we all hold. These essays were collected together to offer practical, manuscript-based studies of medieval reading habits in use.