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...

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Main Author: Friesen, Ilse E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2001.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 173 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0889209391
9780889209398
0889203652
9780889203655

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