> The association of eagles with visionaries (a la St. John) may be rare
> iconographically but is not at all rare textually. Both the Vita of Lutgard of
> Aywieres and the Visions of Hadewijch of Antwerp have textual descriptions of
> St. John and the eagle in ecstatic contexts. Lutgard meditates upon the eagle
> to produce an ecstatic experience, and Hadewijch is visited by "the eagle of
> St. John" in one of her visions. I believe I have seen this motif in other
> visionary writings as well but these are the two that immediately spring to
> mind. -- Mary Suydam
Is Lutgard also meditating on "an eagle" or "the eagle of St. John"?
Elena Lemeneva
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Medieval Studies Department
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