Softcover
1983 · Paris
by Cuisenier, Jean
Paris: Editions de la Reunion des musees, 1983. Softcover. NF; Unread; a hint of shelf wear to covers.. Color-illus. card wraps with black lettering on white spine. 183 pp. with color frontis, 4 additional color plates, and bw illus. throughout. Text in French. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the (former) Musee national des arts et traditions populaires, Paris, from November 1983 to April 1984. Includes an introduction on the meaning of the figure and 3 main sections, all centering in some way on both the figure and and symbolism of Saint Sebastian. With a list of abbreviations. section on the historic setting, a bit about the history and cult of Saint Sebastian from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, and a bibliography.
(Inventory #: 154863)