The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography
by
Sara Lipton
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
In Dark Mirror, Sara Lipton offers a fascinating examination of the emergence of anti-Semitic iconography in the Middle Ages
The straggly beard, the hooked nose, the bag of coins, and gaudy apparel—the religious artists of medieval Christendom had no shortage of virulent symbols for identifying...