Libellus de Deorum Imaginibus, or Little Book of Images of the Gods: English Translation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798249624095)

Discover how the Middle Ages reimagined the gods of Olympus.

Libellus de Deorum Imaginibus - the "Little Book of Images of the Gods" - is a medieval handbook describing how the deities of classical antiquity were understood and portrayed centuries after Rome's fall. Attributed to the enigmatic Albricus Philosophus and preserved in a Vatican manuscript, the work presents concise and striking depictions of Saturn, Jupiter, Apollo, Venus, Hercules, and many others.

Blending classical myth with medieval cosmology and moral interpretation, this English translation makes an important mythographic text accessible to modern readers interested in mythology, iconography, and the medieval reception of antiquity.