Marcel Bulard

Le Scorpion: Symbole du Peuple Juif dans l’Art Religieux des XIVe, XVe, XVIe Siècles. 1935

Paris: E. de Boccard, 1935. Bound in brown pressed paper.4to. [10 x 6.75 inches]
364pp. followed by XLIX plates
[French]
Very Good. Marcel Bulard
Le Scorpion: Symbole du Peuple Juif dans l’Art Religieux des XIVe, XVe, XVIe Siècles. 1935
Publisher: Paris: E. de Boccard, 1935
4to. [10 x 6.75 inches]
364pp. followed by XLIX plates
[French]
Very Good

A detailed scholarly study of the scorpion as a symbolic motif in medieval religious art, particularly its use in Christian imagery associated with representations of Jews. Bulard examines iconographic traditions from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, with particular attention to four mural paintings from the chapel of Saint-Sébastien at Lanslevillard in Savoy. The work places these images within the broader development of medieval symbolism and religious visual culture. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographic plates reproducing the artworks discussed in the text.

Original brown paper wrappers. Gatherings remain largely unopened with the top edges still intact at the folds, as issued. The plates are bound in at the rear and numbered to XLIX.

It is in Very Good condition with a small cut to the front wrapper extending slightly into the first two pages that has been stabilized with an old tape repair; the title page and text remain intact. Light chipping to the edges of the wrappers and to a few page edges. General toning throughout. There is a previous owners inscription on the first endpaper paper reading, Walter S. Gibson, Cleveland, Ohio, dated October 7, 1985; possibly the art historian and Case Western Reserve University professor Walter S. Gibson (1932–2018). Very Good. Item #129

Price: $75.00