10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZOOCEPHALIC»
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zoocephalic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Complex Identities: Jewish Consciousness and Modern Art
The hammering of the faces of humans and animals in the sixth-century mosaic
pavement of the synagogue of Naaran is an earlier example. 47. Narkiss, "On the
Zoocephalic Phenomenon in Mediaeval Ashkenazi Manuscripts," in Norms and ...
Matthew Baigell, Milly Heyd, 2001
2
Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time
The majority of these are the zoocephalic forms—forms with a human body and
an animal head—. Why the head and not the body is not clear, but it might be
related to the sacrificial value of the head. In many sacrifices, only the head is
used ...
Alexandra Anna Enrica van der Geer, 2008
3
A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther
Typically, the so-called 'zoocephalic' approach prevailed, with beaked birds'
heads being used in place of human faces (see Fig. 1).15 This motif had been
common in representations of the Gospel Evangelists (eagle, lion, calf/ ox, man;
see ...
4
Ruth and Esther: a feminist companion to the Bible
Typically, the so-called 'zoocephalic' approach prevailed, with beaked birds'
heads being used in place of human faces (see Fig. I).15 This motif had been
common in representations of the Gospel Evangelists (eagle, lion, calf/ ox, man;
see ...
5
Cultural Exchange: Jews, Christians, and Art in the Medieval ...
cally zoocephalic and hybrid creatures. For some Jewish or non-Jewish painters
these distortions became simply a distinguishing feature of Jewish art. A fine
representative of this group is a giant mahzor (450 folios) from about the year
1320, ...
6
Antisemitic hate signs in Hebrew illuminated manuscripts ...
61, where he writes: "The detailed story of the zoocephalic and other distortions
of human figures in Ashkenazi illuminated manuscripts has yet to be told." 4.
Gutmann, Manuscript Painting, pp. 25-26. 5. Spitzer, Bird's Head Haggadah, p.
17. 6.
Ruth Mellinkoff, Universịtah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Merkaz le-omanut Yehudit, 1999
7
Norms and Variations in Art: Essays in Honour of Moshe Barasch
Although zoocephalic creatures existed in ancient Near Eastern art, it is hardly
plausible that the world of Antiquity ... keeping with their symbol, as were several
saints, like the dog headed St. Christopher.25 Some early zoocephalic figures in.
8
The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination
Scholarship on the topic of the zoocephalic phenomenon in medieval Jewish illu
— mination can be divided into three streams.6 The first presents a theological or
religious studies perspective on the phenomenon of facial distortion and ...
Marc Michael Epstein, 2011
9
History of Ancient Pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, ...
... 374 zoocephalic deities, 62-64 zoographoi,
10
Kiss of the Yogini: "Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts
... in the Mahavarnsa.255 Comparisons with the Indian Sri, the Greek Circe, and
the Irish Flaith are perhaps in order here.256 The Mahavamsa portrays other
Yakkhinis as zoomorphic or zoocephalic beings: Cetiya, for example, has the
face of ...
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12 Bezalel Narkiss, On the Zoocephalic Phenomenon in Mediaval Ashkenasi Manuscripts, in: Norms and Variations in Art, Essays in Honor of Moshe Barasch, ... «haGalil onLine, Dec 08»
