medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I have a vague recollection of having once seen a reproduction of a statue of
> the Virgin with little doors that opened up to show the Trinity within her.
> Does any learned listmember know of such a statue? is there any literature on
> this kind of representation of the Virgin?
> With thanks in advance,
Dear Bernadette,
There is a splendid example of a "Vierge ouvrante" from c.1300 in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. See Renate Kroos, " 'Gotes
tabernakel'. Zu Funktion und Interpretation von Schreinmadonnen,"
Zeitschrift fur Schweizerische Archeologie und Kunstgeschichte, XLIII
(1986), 58-64; and C. Radler, Die Schreinmadonna "Vierge ouvrante"
von den bernhardinischen Anfangen bis zur Frauenmystik im
Deutschordensland, Frankfurter Fundamente der Kunstgeschichte, Band 6
(Frankfurt, 1990).
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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