03434nam 2200685Ia 450 991081630490332120200520144314.01-280-92537-X97866109253770-88920-939-110.51644/9780889209398(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(DE-B1597)667594(DE-B1597)9780889209398(EXLCZ)99100000000024703520010226d2001 uy 0engurcnu---uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe female crucifix images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages /Ilse E. Friesen1st ed.Waterloo, 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.Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Crucifixion as the Resurrection: The Volto Santo and the Triumphal Crucifix -- Becoming Like Christ: Gender Integration, Imitation and Identification -- The Origin of the Fiddler and the Legend of Gmünd -- St. Ontkommer and St. Uncumber: Images from Holland and England -- “Wilgefortis Sive Liberata”: The Bavarian Cult of the Female Crucifix in Neufahrn -- The Kümmernis Chapel of Burghausen in Bavaria -- St. Kummernus or St. Kümmernis in Tyrol -- The Bearded Woman and the Phenomenon of Hirsutism: Past and Present -- “Christa” and the Blending of Gender in Contemporary Society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexFeaturing 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 E1655071MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816304903321The female crucifix4007268UNINA