| Description |
1 online resource (x, 173 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Plates; Introduction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 transformation from a beauti |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wilgefortis, Saint (Legendary character) -- Cult
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Wilgefortis, Saint (Legendary character) -- Art
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| SUBJECT |
Wilgefortis, Saint (Legendary character) fast |
| Subject |
ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Religious.
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Cults
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0889209391 |
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9780889209398 |
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0889203652 |
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9780889203655 |
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