Brésil, des hommes sont venus. Copte Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

It offers a full account of the physical construction of the miniatures

L'ouvrage s'attarde sur la question de la fonction de tels objets en interrogeant la nature du lien entre la boîte et l'estampe et en mettant en avant leur dimension dévotionnelle

The length of the known rolls is 15

riddled with quirks and fantasies

Brésil, des hommes sont venus. Copte Late AntiquityBe fruitful and multiply, says the Scripture. Otherwise: Get on with it! adds Cendrars with the inimitable familiarity he employs in the story of great epics. This one, the conquest and settlement of Brazil, had everything to seduce him: the desperate struggle of a humanity eager for rebirth, the promise of a Paradise to come and the acute certainty of a present Hell.