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Vergine madre, figlia del tuo Figlio,
Umile ed alta piú che creatura,
Termine fisso d'eterno consiglio.
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religionCould this be a variant of the Virgin as daughter of her son (depicted in stained glass in Gresford, north Wales - and Andrew Breeze has written an article on this - ‘The Virgin Mary, daughter of her son’. Études Celtiques 27, 1990, 267-83
MaddyMadDr Madeleine Gray PhD, FRHistSReader in History/ Darllenydd mewn Hanes
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Subject: Re: [M-R] query about Altarpiece
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureMy guess is it's a variant of the Coronation of the Virgin. At her dormition, the Virgin is often shown as a baby-like soul being held by God, so this is a sort of sequel to that. However, if so it raises more theological questions. As I understand it, the Virgin had a bodily assumption, so it was not her soul that was crowned but her bodily self- maybe the artist has miniaturised her crowned person to maintain the physical relationship of the soul-to-God usually seen in the dormition
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On 1 July 2013 15:09, Karl Brunner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureSroll down and you will find details - and you are right.
Karl
Am 01.07.2013 um 14:36 schrieb "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religionGreetings all!I have an iconographical question. On the Swedish site Medeltidens bildvarld (with an umlaut over the a)a search for St. Ursula reveals an interesting altarpiece from Halsingland, Forsa, see:
I am frustrated by my inability to zoom in on this (any suggestions)? I'm assuming one of the female saints at the bottom left must be Ursula, but I'm really curious about the central figures, for which my first reaction was that this was God the Father with the Virgin Mary on his lap. If so, this is completely new to me! Any suggestions?
Meg
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