LEADER 03434nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910816304903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-92537-X 010 $a9786610925377 010 $a0-88920-939-1 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889209398 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247035 035 $a(EBL)685631 035 $a(OCoLC)65183838 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154050 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164501 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154050 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10405488 035 $a(PQKB)10990772 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14400 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402675 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521608 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135349 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL92537 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/9wnq8b 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402675 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685631 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243755 035 $a(DE-B1597)667594 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889209398 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247035 100 $a20010226d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe female crucifix $eimages of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages /$fIlse E. Friesen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-88920-365-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Crucifixion as the Resurrection: The Volto Santo and the Triumphal Crucifix -- $tBecoming Like Christ: Gender Integration, Imitation and Identification -- $tThe Origin of the Fiddler and the Legend of Gmünd -- $tSt. Ontkommer and St. Uncumber: Images from Holland and England -- $t?Wilgefortis Sive Liberata?: The Bavarian Cult of the Female Crucifix in Neufahrn -- $tThe Kümmernis Chapel of Burghausen in Bavaria -- $tSt. Kummernus or St. Kümmernis in Tyrol -- $tThe Bearded Woman and the Phenomenon of Hirsutism: Past and Present -- $t?Christa? and the Blending of Gender in Contemporary Society -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aFeaturing 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 606 $aWilgefortis (Legendary saint)$vArt 606 $aWilgefortis (Legendary saint)$xCult 615 0$aWilgefortis (Legendary saint) 615 0$aWilgefortis (Legendary saint)$xCult. 676 $a704.9/4863 700 $aFriesen$b Ilse E$01655071 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816304903321 996 $aThe female crucifix$94007268 997 $aUNINA