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The female crucifix : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages /
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 fem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 173 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0889209391 9780889209398 0889203652 9780889203655 |