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Alexander the Great : a life in legend.
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ISBN: 9780300112030 0300112033 Year: 2008 Publisher: New Haven Yale university press

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Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther& across foreign cultures, religious traditions, and distant nations. This engaging and handsomely illustrated book for the first time gathers together hundreds of the colorful Alexander legends that have been told and retold around the globe. Richard Stoneman, a foremost expert on the Alexander myths, introduces us first to the historical Alexander and then to the Alexander of legend, an unparalleled mythic icon who came to represent the heroic ideal in cultures from Egypt to Iceland, from Britain to Malaya. Alexander came to embody the concerns of Hellenistic man; he fueled Roman ideas on tyranny and kingship; he was a talisman for fourth-century pagans and a hero of chivalry in the early Middle Ages. He appears in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic writings, frequently as a prophet of God. Whether battling winged foxes or meeting with the Amazons, descending to the underworld or inventing the world's first diving bell, Alexander inspired as a hero, even a god. Stoneman traces Alexander's influence in ancient literature and folklore and in later literatures of east and west. His book provides the definitive account of the legends of Alexander the Great& a powerful leader in life and an even more powerful figure in the history of literature and ideas.


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A companion to Alexander literature in the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9789004183452 9004183450 9786613160713 1283160714 9004211934 9789004211933 Year: 2011 Volume: 29 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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Never before has there appeared in English such a collection of essays concerning Alexander the Great's legacy in world literature. From Greek and Latin works of the Classical Period through Medieval texts in Syriac, Persian, Coptic, Arabic, Ethiopic and Hebrew, as well the European languages, the fourteen chapters cover the gamut of Alexander literary studies as compiled by some of the foremost scholars in each field, bringing the reader up-to-date on everything Alexander. These experts share their results after years of investigation in the field, and, in doing so, point the reader toward the essence of each of the myriad of Alexander romances, while at the same time including copious notes and bibliography to prepare the reader for his or her own Alexander journey. Contributors include: Richard Stoneman, Saskia Dönitz, Daniel Selden, Josef Wiesehöfer, David Ashurst, Laurence Harf-Lancner, Danielle Buschinger, Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, Roberta Morosini, Maura Lafferty, Peter Kotar, David Zuwiyya


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Alexander de Grote : de ondergang van het Perzische rijk
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ISBN: 9025331440 Year: 2005 Publisher: Amsterdam Atheneum Polak & Van Gennep


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Images, texts, and marginalia in a "Vows of the peacock" manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24) : with a complete concordance and catalogue of peacock manuscripts
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ISBN: 9789004250031 9789004250833 9004250832 9004250034 129982952X Year: 2013 Volume: 28 5 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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The "Vows of the Peacock" - written in 1312 and dedicated to Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège - recounts how Alexander the Great comes to the aid of a family of aristocrats threatened by Indians. The poem remained popular throughout the fourteenth century and was soon followed by two sequels. Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts constitute part of a catalogue and concordance of all Peacock manuscripts. One of the most provocative, (PML, MS G24), has twenty-two miniatures which illustrate chivalry and courtly love, as epitomized in the text. An unusually high number of scurrilous marginalia, however, surround them. An interdisciplinary exploration of iconography, reception, image-text-marginalia dynamics, and context reveals their ultimate polysemy as scatological comedians and serious harbingers of sin.

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Book history --- Old French literature --- Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- anno 1300-1399 --- 091 <73 NEW YORK> --- 091.31:7.04 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 091 <73 NEW YORK> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--NEW YORK --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval --- Manuscripts, French --- Marginal illustrations --- Illustrations, Marginal --- Marginal scenes --- Scenes, Marginal --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- French manuscripts --- Painting, Medieval --- Alexander, --- Brisebare, --- Jacques, --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Romances --- History and criticism. --- Illustrations. --- Pierpont Morgan Library. --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. --- Marginal illustrations.


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Alexander de Grote in de Spiegel Historiael : een onderzoek naar de vertaaltechniek van Jacob van Maerlant
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ISBN: 9070407167 Year: 1983 Publisher: Nijmegen Alfa

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Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis : epic and the problem of historical understanding
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ISBN: 2503505767 Year: 1998 Volume: 2 Publisher: Turnhout Brepols

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Gautier de Châtillon --- Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Poésie épique latine médiévale et moderne --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Walter, --- Alexander, --- Romances --- History and criticism. --- -History and criticism --- Alexander the Great --- -Walter of Chatillon --- Galterus de Castellione --- Gautier de Lille --- Gualtherus de Castellione --- Walter of Châtillon --- Walter von Châtillon --- Walther von Châtillon --- Walther von Lille --- Alexander --- Alexander der Große --- Alexandre le Grand --- Alejandro Magno --- Alexander de Grote --- Poésie épique latine médiévale et moderne --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Epic poetry [Latin ] --- Translations into English --- Knowledge and learning --- Epic poetry [Latin ] (Medieval and modern)


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The history of Alexander the Great : an illuminated manuscript of Vasco da Lucena's french translation of the ancient text by Quintus Curtius Rufus
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ISBN: 0892363711 Year: 1996 Volume: *2

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Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- Curtius Rufus, Quintus --- Alexander III [King of Macedonia] --- Lucena, da, Vasco --- 091 <73 LOS ANGELES> --- 091.31 <44> --- 091 CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--LOS ANGELES --- Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS --- 091 CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS --- 091.31 <44> Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk --- 091 <73 LOS ANGELES> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--LOS ANGELES --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Illuminated manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Illuminated --- Miniatures (Illumination of books and manuscripts) --- Ornamental alphabets --- Illustration of books --- Alphabets --- Initials --- Paleography --- Scriptoria --- Gothic illumination of books and manuscripts --- Flemish illumination of books and manuscripts --- Alexander, --- Curtius Rufus, Quintus. --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- J. Paul Getty Museum. --- Getty (J. Paul) Museum. --- Getty Museum --- JPGM --- Museo J. Paul Getty --- Livre des fais d'Alexandre le Grand

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