Outcasts: Signs of Otherness in Northern European Art of the Late Middle Ages.

Mellinkoff, Ruth.

University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1993

ISBN: 9780520078154

31 x 24 cm, two volumes, red cloth hardcovers with dust jackets. Volume 1: Text, 360 pages; Volume 2: Illustrations, unpaginated with nearly 700 images, most in color. This work examines the pictorial signs used by medieval artists to identify and denigrate figures considered outcasts, including Jews, heretics, Muslims, blacks, executioners, prostitutes, lepers, gamblers, foot soldiers, entertainers, and peasants. Focuses on art from Northern Europe, primarily from the 13th to the mid-16th century. Spines of the dust jackets are sun-faded; otherwise in fine condition. Total weight 4.82 kg. Extra shipping costs may apply. See picture.