Studies in Late Medieval Wall Paintings, Manuscript Illuminations, and Texts

Clifford Davidson is Professor of English and Medieval Studies Emeritus at Western Michigan University. He has written voluminously on medieval drama, iconography and the visual arts, and medieval and early modern literature. He was director for a quarter century of the Early Drama, Art, and Music project in the Medieval Institute. His most recent book is Corpus Christi Plays at York: A Context for Religious Drama and, in collaborations with Martin Walsh and Ton Broos, an edition of Mary of Nemmegen, with the original Dutch play upon which it was based.

• Preface.- 1. The Coventry Holy Trinity Doom Painting: Anticipating the End-Time.- 2. Image, Text, and Devotion in Carthusian Wall Painting, Manuscript Illumination, and Narrative.- Coda: Everyman: Participating in Symbols of Death.