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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureThe litany prescribed by the Dominican Chapter of 1256, Mary is referred to as "laus Martyrum" ("Praise of the Martyrs"). The text is of course older than 1256.
Also, St Bernard (+ 1153) says in one of his sermons, "Martyrium Virginis, tam in Simeonis prophetia quam in ipsa dominicae passionis historia commendatur." "The martyrdom of the Virgin is commended both in Simeon's prophecy and in the story of the Lord's passion itself." (In Dom. infra Assumpt., 14) Later, in the same sermon, "Do not marvel, brothers, that Mary is said to have endured martyrdom in her soul. Only he will marvel who forgets what Paul said of the Gentiles, that among their worst vices was that they were without compassion. Not so Mary!" And so on ....
So I think it is not so unusual to see Mary depicted as a martyr by 12th century, anyway.- Martin Wallace OP--On 22 March 2014 14:11, Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureJohn, if the object is indeed a palm, could it be explained by the Marian title "Queen of Martyrs"? I'm not sure, however, if this title was used as early as the 12th century. -- Paul--On 22 March 2014 14:07, Genevra Kornbluth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureJohn, might the green object be a distaff with wool instead?
Genevra
On 3/21/2014 10:54 PM, John Wickstrom wrote:medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureLearned List members,
I wonder if anyone can explain this image for me. It is from an 11th-12 c. northern French antiphonary and is presumably an image of Mary, since it appears in the texts for the office of the Nativity of the BVM; but I have never seen an image of the Virgin with what looks like a green palm of martyrdom. Can this be?
thanks
John W.
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