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Autore: | Friesen Ilse E |
Titolo: | The female crucifix [[electronic resource] ] : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / / Ilse E. Friesen |
Pubblicazione: | Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Disciplina: | 704.9/4863 |
Soggetto topico: | Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) |
Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) - Cult | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The female crucifix |
ISBN: | 1-280-92537-X |
9786610925377 | |
0-88920-939-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783632703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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