Before his death in 2002, Michael Camille was Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His books include Image on the Edge (Reaktion, 1992), Mirror in Parchment (Reaktion, 1998) and The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (1989).

a handsome, entertaining account of the peculiar fashion for grotesque, obscene and humorous presences on the margins of medieval illuminateed manuscripts. - Times Higher EducationIf the study of medieval art is not to remain an esoteric and elitist discipline then more books like this must be written. - Burlington MagazineCamille’s polymathic essays undoubtedly will provoke such studies and will expand the field of questions we ask . . . and in this he will have made a valuable contribution. - Oxford Art JournalImage on the Edge remains an important and highly readable exploration of an intriguing corner of medieval culture with the power to open up a whole society and its mental worlds to modern readers in an exhilarating, thought-provoking, and original fashion. - FolkloreThis is an interesting book that will make the reader examine manuscripts and sculpture more carefully and understand the Middle Ages more comprehensively . . . It is a book that will broaden your idea of medieval art in an enjoyable way. - Yorkshire Gazette and Herald

Before his death in 2002, Michael Camille was Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His books include Image on the Edge (Reaktion, 1992), Mirror in Parchment (Reaktion, 1998) and The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (1989).

a handsome, entertaining account of the peculiar fashion for grotesque, obscene and humorous presences on the margins of medieval illuminateed manuscripts. - Times Higher EducationIf the study of medieval art is not to remain an esoteric and elitist discipline then more books like this must be written. - Burlington MagazineCamille’s polymathic essays undoubtedly will provoke such studies and will expand the field of questions we ask . . . and in this he will have made a valuable contribution. - Oxford Art JournalImage on the Edge remains an important and highly readable exploration of an intriguing corner of medieval culture with the power to open up a whole society and its mental worlds to modern readers in an exhilarating, thought-provoking, and original fashion. - FolkloreThis is an interesting book that will make the reader examine manuscripts and sculpture more carefully and understand the Middle Ages more comprehensively . . . It is a book that will broaden your idea of medieval art in an enjoyable way. - Yorkshire Gazette and Herald

Before his death in 2002, Michael Camille was Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His books include Image on the Edge (Reaktion, 1992), Mirror in Parchment (Reaktion, 1998) and The Gothic Idol: Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (1989).

a handsome, entertaining account of the peculiar fashion for grotesque, obscene and humorous presences on the margins of medieval illuminateed manuscripts. - Times Higher EducationIf the study of medieval art is not to remain an esoteric and elitist discipline then more books like this must be written. - Burlington MagazineCamille’s polymathic essays undoubtedly will provoke such studies and will expand the field of questions we ask . . . and in this he will have made a valuable contribution. - Oxford Art JournalImage on the Edge remains an important and highly readable exploration of an intriguing corner of medieval culture with the power to open up a whole society and its mental worlds to modern readers in an exhilarating, thought-provoking, and original fashion. - FolkloreThis is an interesting book that will make the reader examine manuscripts and sculpture more carefully and understand the Middle Ages more comprehensively . . . It is a book that will broaden your idea of medieval art in an enjoyable way. - Yorkshire Gazette and Herald