02532nam 2200625Ia 450 991078363270332120230912135539.01-280-92537-X97866109253770-88920-939-1(CKB)1000000000247035(EBL)685631(OCoLC)65183838(SSID)ssj0000154050(PQKBManifestationID)11164501(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154050(PQKBWorkID)10405488(PQKB)10990772(MdBmJHUP)muse14400(CaPaEBR)402675(CaBNvSL)gtp00521608 (Au-PeEL)EBL685631(CaPaEBR)ebr10135349(CaONFJC)MIL92537(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/9wnq8b(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402675(MiAaPQ)EBC685631(MiAaPQ)EBC3243755(EXLCZ)99100000000024703520010226d2001 uy 0engurcnu---uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe female crucifix[electronic resource] images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages /Ilse E. FriesenWaterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc20011 online resource (208 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-88920-365-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 dramaticWilgefortis (Legendary saint)ArtWilgefortis (Legendary saint)CultWilgefortis (Legendary saint)Wilgefortis (Legendary saint)Cult.704.9/4863Friesen Ilse E1489823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783632703321The female crucifix3710697UNINA