"[A] delightful study. . . . [Eco's] remarkably lucid and readable essay is full of contemporary relevance and informed by the energies of a man in love with his subject." --Robert Taylor, Boston Globe

"The book lays out so many exciting ideas and interesting facts that readers will find it gripping." --Washington Post Book World

"A lively introduction to the subject." --Michael Camille, The Burlington Magazine

"If you want to become acquainted with medieval aesthetics, you will not find a more scrupulously researched, better written (or better translated), intelligent and illuminating introduction than Eco's short volume." --D. C. Barrett, Art Monthly