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Abstract

I n this essay I use allusions to flaying in a late medieval didactic text as a means of purchase on current preoccupations with representation and materiality in medieval studies. These preoccupations often—as this volume attests—converge in the study of clothing, which can be read both as an instance of material culture and as a metaphor of its representation. l My aim is to offer a different perspective by shifting attention from garment to skin, and from undressing the body to flaying it. 2

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