Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage

This book is concerned with the pictorial language of gesture revealed in Anglo-Saxon art and its debt to classical Rome. The late Reginald Dodwell an eminent art historian notes a striking similarity of both form and meaning between Anglo-Saxon gestures and those in illustrated manuscripts of the plays of Terence which he argues reflect actual Roman stage conventions. The extensively illustrated volume illuminates our understanding of the vigor of late Anglo-Saxon art and its ability to absorb and transpose continental influence.