Windows of the Soul: Physiognomy in European Culture 1470-1780

Author:   Martin Porter
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   388
Publication Date:   29 September 2005
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Author:   Martin Porter
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9780199276578


ISBN 10:   0199276579
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   29 September 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction 1: A Persistent Fisnomical Consciousness c.400BCE-c.400CE 2: The Bookish Face of Physiognomy in Early Modern Europe 3: The Troubling Emergence of the 'Egyptian' in Early Modern Europe 4: The Physiognomy Captured and Lost in a Book 5: Physiognomating by the Book 6: Living Graffiti Conclusion: Fisnomy-to-Fisnomy Bibliography Index

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An excellent work. * Ariel Hessayon, Sixteenth Century Journal *


An excellent work. --Ariel Hessayon, Sixteenth Century Journal<br>


An excellent work. Ariel Hessayon, Sixteenth Century Journal


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