Art and Patronage in the Medieval Mediterranean : Merchant Culture in the Region of Amalfi (Art and Patronage in the Medieval Mediterranean Series)

xvi, 328pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Black remainder mark on bottom text block edge. Page margins just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light chipping to edges. 4to. Surveys the port of Amalfi and the surrounding region which produced unusual types of art and patronage throughout medieval times and evaluates its production in terms of moral, economic, and social structures including investment strategies, anxiety about wealth and salvation, and southern Italy's diverse religious communities. Illustrated with black and white photographs.