CHAPTER III

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THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES--THE ROMAN MIMI CONTINUED TO EXIST--THE TEUTONIC AFTER-DINNER ENTERTAINMENTS--CLERICAL SATIRES: ARCHBISHOP HERIGER AND THE DREAMER; THE SUPPER OF THE SAINTS--TRANSITION FROM ANCIENT TO MEDIÆVAL ART--TASTE FOR MONSTROUS ANIMALS, DRAGONS, ETC.; CHURCH OF SAN FEDELE, AT COMO--SPIRIT OF CARICATURE AND LOVE OF GROTESQUE AMONG THE ANGLO-SAXONS--GROTESQUE FIGURES OF DEMONS--NATURAL TENDENCY OF THE EARLY MEDIÆVAL ARTISTS TO DRAW IN CARICATURE--EXAMPLES FROM EARLY MANUSCRIPTS AND SCULPTURES 40

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