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6. Skin, the Inner Senses, and the Soul as “Inner Life”

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Conventions Used in This Book xiii
  5. Introduction: Skin, Suture, and Caesura 1
  6. 1. Book, Word, Page 23
  7. 2. Garments of Skin 41
  8. 3. Orifices and the Library 63
  9. 4. Cutting the Skin: Sacrifice, Sovereignty, and the Space of Exception 87
  10. 5. The Riddle of Recognition 108
  11. 6. Skin, the Inner Senses, and the Soul as “Inner Life” 128
  12. Conclusion. Reading Bestiaries 149
  13. Appendix. Chronology of Latin and French Bestiary Versions 157
  14. Acknowledgments 163
  15. Notes 165
  16. Index 197
Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries
This chapter is in the book Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries
https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226436876-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Conventions Used in This Book xiii
  5. Introduction: Skin, Suture, and Caesura 1
  6. 1. Book, Word, Page 23
  7. 2. Garments of Skin 41
  8. 3. Orifices and the Library 63
  9. 4. Cutting the Skin: Sacrifice, Sovereignty, and the Space of Exception 87
  10. 5. The Riddle of Recognition 108
  11. 6. Skin, the Inner Senses, and the Soul as “Inner Life” 128
  12. Conclusion. Reading Bestiaries 149
  13. Appendix. Chronology of Latin and French Bestiary Versions 157
  14. Acknowledgments 163
  15. Notes 165
  16. Index 197
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