Dear Sam,
Perhaps you might find Caroline Walker Bynum's article, 'The Body of
Christ in the Later Middle Ages: A Reply to Leo Steingberg' of some
use. It discusses the iconographical significance of milk and blood in
depictions of Christ and the Virgin. See C.W. Bynum, *Fragmentation and
Redemption*, New York: Zone Books, 1992, pp. 79-117, see especially pp.
102-117.
Yours,
Carolyn Muessig
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