A Sacred Farce from Medieval Bohemia: Mastickar.
by Veltrusky, Jarmila F
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Middle Ages102v5s Veltrusky, Jarmila F. A Sacred Farce from Medieval Bohemia: Mastickar. Ann Arbor: Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, 1985, ix, 396 pages, bib, index. Fine copy of the hardcover. $23.50 Box A 102
The Ointment Seller (Mastičkář, Unguentarius) is a medieval Bohemian play written in a mix of Czech and Latin. Two incomplete extant fragments tell the story of a merchant (the ointment seller) who with the assistance of his apprentice convinces three ladies called Mary to buy his unguents. In the process, the merchant performs a "resurrection" and fights with his wife, and his assistant also gets into a fight. Peppered with obscenities and foreign words, the play is regarded as a farce mocking socially subordinate groups, including Jews, Germans, and women.
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- Title
- A Sacred Farce from Medieval Bohemia: Mastickar.
- Author
- Veltrusky, Jarmila F
- Format/Binding
- Very good
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan,
- Place of Publication
- Ann Arbor:
- Date Published
- 1985,
- Pages
- ix, 396
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Middle Ages
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- Middle Ages; Theatre and Drama; Czech history and culture;
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