This 1999 book is concerned with the pictorial language of gesture
revealed in Anglo-Saxon art, and its debt to classical Rome.
Reginald Dodwell was an eminent art historian and former Director
of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester. In this, his last book,
he notes a striking similarity of both form and meaning between
Anglo-Saxon gestures and those in illustrated manuscripts of the
plays of Terence. He presents evidence for dating the archetype of
the Terence manuscripts to the mid-third century, and argues
persuasively that their gestures reflect actual stage conventions.
He identifies a repertory of eighteen Terentian gestures whose
meaning can be ascertained from the dramatic contexts in which they
occur, and conducts a detailed examination of the use of the
gestures in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. The book, which is extensively
illustrated, illuminates our understanding of the vigour of late
Anglo-Saxon art and its ability to absorb and transpose continental
influence.
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