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Autore |
Friesen Ilse E |
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Titolo |
The female crucifix [[electronic resource] ] : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / / Ilse E. Friesen |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-92537-X |
9786610925377 |
0-88920-939-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) |
Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) - Cult |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Featuring more than twenty illustrations, including several works of art that were rediscovered by the author and are published here for the first time, The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages provides a new perspective on a very old phenomenon. The legendary bearded female St. Wilgefortis, also known by a variety of other names including "Kummernis" and "Uncumber," was the object of fervent veneration in areas of Western and Central Europe for almost half a millennium. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the legend of her dramatic |
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