Medieval Monster Hunter by Damien Kempf

A collection of works by Damien Kempf, a researcher who teaches as a senior lecturer in medieval history at the University of Liverpool.

Kemp is researching monsters that appear in European medieval art and their manuscripts. Most of these drawings on parchment were collected from religious sources, such as the Bible, prayer books, and theological books. For the painters of the time, monsters were one of the few motifs that allowed them to freely draw their imaginations, and it is said that people also enjoyed viewing illustrations of grotesque monsters, even though they sometimes feared them. Foreign peoples and cultures unknown to the Christian society of medieval Europe became associated with the monstrous figure as heresy, symbolizing the "dark" side of the world, which is a sin against virtue. became. The appearance of the monster reminds us that there has always been a world of alluring and deceptive pleasures, desires and greed.

This book is also an homage to the monster illustrated books with captions that were popular in the late Middle Ages, which you can read while lying down and relaxing. The text has been replaced with modern texts, and it humorously depicts the human society, paradoxically glimpsed from the terrifying yet somewhat amusing monsters that appear throughout the ages.

2nd edition, limited to 1000 copies.

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Title: Medieval Monster Hunter
Artist: Damien Kempf
Witty Books, 2020
Softcover, 100 x 150 mm
120 pages
Second edition of 1000 copies
ISBN: 978 -88-944340-7-1
¥3,500 + tax