medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I'd be interested in the jpeg (off-list, of course). I looked in my usual
books but found nothing. The dictionary indicates the root of the yellow
gentian is bitter and used in gastrointestinal cures, a possible reference
to purging (as in sin). This, of course, is a guess. I assume you've googled
or dogpiled the term?
MG
>From: Torie Reed <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [M-R] Gentian
>Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:35:37 -0800
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Does anyone know of the symbolic importance attached
>to gentian, in either a mythological or religious
>context, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance? Mirella
>Levi D'Ancona's _Garden of the Renaissance_ barely
>touches upon it.
>
>This is in the context of a 16th-century painting of
>the Conversion of the Magdalene by Luini, probably the
>basis for Caravaggio's depiction of the theme (in
>which she holds an orange blossom). I'd be happy to
>send a JPG to anyone interested.
>
>With thanks,
>
>Torie Reed
>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
>
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