Physiognomy (S.) Swain (ed.) Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul. Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam. With contributions by George Boys-Stones, Jas Elsner, Antonella Ghersetti, Robert Hoyland and Ian Repath. Pp. x + 699, ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Cased, £95. ISBN: 978-0-19-929153- [Book Review]

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Review of a book Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul. Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam by S. Swain, George Boys-Stones, Jas Eisner, Antonella Ghersetti, Robert Hoyland, Ian Repath

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