medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Marjorie,
Thank you for your responses! Yes, I've tried the
search engines, but am a little reluctant to depend on
the accuracy of some of these web sites, which don't
seem very scholarly.
The subject matter of the attached image is taken from
Jehan Michel's Mystere de la Passion -- Martha is
trying to convince Mary to give up her sinful ways.
Caravaggio's Magdalene
(http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/viewobject.asp?objectid=36204)
is similar, except that he depicts her with an orange
blossom.
Gentian is the best identification I can come up with,
but I'm willing to be corrected if I am wrong.
Best,
Torie
--- Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> This website:
>
http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/d-f/flowsym.shtml
> has gentian as the symbol of virgin pride. For Mary
> Magdalene...??? Symbol
> of her repentance?
> MG
> p.s. All this assumes the conflation of MM with the
> woman out of whom Jesus
> cast devils, etc.
>
>
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