Dear Louise,
> Could someone please tell me whether the idea Christ walking barefoot to
> the cross has its source in any apocraphal texts, and whether it is a
> particular medieval notion?
While I can't answer the question off the cuff, I can suggest a book
which might be of use:
Anne Derbes, 'Picturing the Passion in Late medieval Italy.
Narrative painting, Franciscan Ideologies and the Levant', Cambridge
University Press, 1996
Good Luck!
Gaby
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