Claire: thanks very much for that reference to vierges noires: Male is indeed a formidable source. Pardon Tillinghast On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Claire Labrecque wrote: > > > A query: has anyone any knowledge of where one should go to find out > information about black Virgins - specifically in south Italy? Thanks. > Pardon Tillinghast > > > > > Sorry to be late: > > "Nos vierges noires: leurs origines", by Emile Male, Paris, Ed. > Universelles, 1945, 271p. > > "Vierges romanes: les vierges assises", by Rene Laurentin et Raymond Oursel. > Yonne, Zodiaque, 1988, 109p. > > "Les vierges noires: Melusine, l'origine et le sens des contes de fees: > essais", by Pierre Gordon. Neuilly-Seine, A. Artis, 1983, 72p. > > "Etude sur l'origine des vierges noires", by Marie Durand-Lefebvre, Paris, > G. Durasse, 1937, 194p. > > "Decouvertes nouvelles sur 3 cathedrales occitanes a l'ombre discrete de > leurs vierges noires", Vincennes, Altantis, 1987, 95p. > > Cheers. > Claire Labrecque > Un.Laval, Quebec. > [log in to unmask] > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%