medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture For German reading people there are some: Max Seidel, Ubera matris Die vielschichtige Bedeutung eines Symbols, in: Städel-Jahrbuch 6 (1977) 70ff.; Susan Marti und Daniela Mondini, „Ich manen dich der brüsten min, das du dem sünder wellest milte sin!“ Marienbrüste und Marienmilch im Heilsgeschehen, in: Himmel, Hölle, Fegefeuer. Das Jenseits im Mittelalter (hg. von P. Jezler, Zürich 1994); Klaus Schreiner, „Deine Brüste sind süßer als Wein“. Ikonographie, religiöse Bedeutung und soziale Funktion eines Mariensymbols, in: Pictura quasi fictura. Forschungen des Instituts für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit. Diskussionen und Materialien 1 (Wien 1996) 87ff.; cf. id., Maria. Jungfrau, Mutter, Herrscherin (München 1994) 196; very nice Incanto e anatomie del Seno. Catalog of an exhibition in the Palazzo Zabarella, Padua (ed. A. M. Pluchinotta, Mailand 1997). But cf. also H. W. Müller, Isis mit dem Horuskinde, in: Münchner Jahrbücher 14 (1963); Lucia Langener, Isis lactans – Maria lactans. Untersuchungen zur koptischen Ikonographie (Diss. Münster 1995, Arbeiten zum spätantiken und koptischen Ägypten 9, Altenberge 1996). b.k. Am 6. Feb 2004 um 15:18 schrieb Jim Bugslag: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > >> http://www.geocities.com/cdesastre20008/MariaIntercesora.htm > >> Amazing! >> >> I know lots of images of the Virgin showing Her breast to Christ in >> the Last Judgment, but no one >> so provocative. She is almost naked and, besides, she's gazing to the >> spectator, not to His Son > > Dear Carlos, > In many churches in Bretagne, there are Nativity scenes with naked > figures of the > Virgin Mary. We are obviously dealing with very different ideological > and moral > attitudes towards the body in images like this. I know of no studies > of this > phenomenon, but I would certainly be interested in references, if > anyone knows of > any. > Cheers, > Jim Bugslag > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html