The Thunder from the East
Batu’s Invasion in the European Medieval Book Miniatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14824980 |
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| Authors | Fedor Veselov (0000-0002-2445-6497, St Petersburg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 217 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vostok Afro-Aziatskie obshchestva istoriia i sovremennost (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0869-1908 • E-ISSN: 2713-0401 |
| Publisher | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31857/s086919080016451-3 |
| OpenAlex | W4226210539 |
| Language | EN |
The article deals with the medieval book miniatures illustrating the invasion of Batu's armies in Europe in 1236–1242. Bearing in mind the postulated high symbolism of Medieval fine art, the author is interested in the figurative code of miniatures, in which the attitude of Europeans to the Mongol conquerors should be encoded. In this regard, a study of the related manuscripts, executed in different centuries, from the mid–13th to the mid–16th centuries, in the different lands of Western, Central Europe and Rus’. Somehow, despite the fact that, at first glance, these traditions are not genetically related to each other in any way, they demonstrate the same patterns of development
Ancient history · Art · Geography · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Thunder · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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