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Images of Salvation: The Story of the Bible through Medieval Art

A frequent complaint among those who teach about the Middle Ages is the lack of religious background knowledge among students. Undergraduates especially are often unaware of the major biblical narratives and the iconography associated with them. to remedy this deficiency, teachers constantly search for appropriate texts and images, but most of the time they either come up empty-handed or find one but not the other. fortunately, the CD-ROM images of Salvation: The Story of the Bible through Medieval art,1 now in its second edition, offers a treasure trove of texts, images, and accompanying commentaries. each of the forty-four themes into which the work is divided includes summaries of the key points and relevant texts from the Bible and later commentators, along with a selection of medieval images –stained glass windows, manuscripts, frescoes, and sculptures– that bring the stories to life.