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1 online resource (x, 173 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Featuring more than twenty illustrations, including several works of art that were rediscovered by the author and are published here for the first time, The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages provides a new perspective on a very old phenomenon. The legendary bearded female St. Wilgefortis, also known by a variety of other names including "Kummernis" and "Uncumber," was the object of fervent veneration in areas of Western and Central Europe for almost half a millennium. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the legend of her dramatic transformation from a beauti. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Plates; Introduction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wilgefortis, Saint (Legendary character) -- Art.
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Wilgefortis, Saint (Legendary character) |
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Wilgefortis, Saint (Legendary character) -- Cult.
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Cults. |
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Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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Print version: Friesen, Ilse E. Female crucifix. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2001 0889203652 (OCoLC)46628619 |
| ISBN |
0889209391 (electronic book) |
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9780889209398 (electronic book) |
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0889203652 (bound) |
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9780889203655 (bound) |
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