{"product_id":"the-egerton-genesis-mary-coker-joslin-9780802047588","title":"The Egerton Genesis","description":"\u003cp\u003eM.R. James was prompted to characterize the Egerton Genesis as 'the most puzzling, and also, in view of the wonderful qualities of its drawing and colouring, one of the most fascinating' of all manuscripts he had ever seen. Questions of date, iconographical and stylistic character, artist's training, provenance, purpose, and patronage, largely unanswered since James' time, surround this manuscript. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Egerton Genesis is a pictorial narrative of the biblical Genesis, supplemented by legendary material. It was commissioned in the fourteenth century for the entertainment of a middle-class patron and his friends. From the choice and treatment of texts we learn that this was a patron who relished the drama, who did not require a pretence of scholarship or piety, a patron with a keen eye for human and societal defects and with an earthy sense of humour. A theological dimension is largely lacking from the manuscript, though figural references to the Deity in the visual narrative are always reverential. The book does not glorify kingly figures but rather spoofs the stupidity, lust or veniality of the powerful. The artist points out social conditions of his time, sympathizing with the beggar, with the tithe payer and with the problems of powerless women and ordinary shepherds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study provides valuable new insights into a fascinating text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Coker Joslin,Carolyn J. Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802047580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802047588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.18h x 7.18w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 86","brand":"Mary Coker Joslin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096732672255,"sku":"9780802047588","price":123.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-egerton-genesis-mary-coker-joslin-9780802047588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}