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Record Number:
10783
Author(s):
Jones, Leslie C. and Jonathan J. G. Alexander
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The Annunciation to the Shepherdess [The authors explore the representation of shepherdesses in fifteenth century deluxe books of hours. There are a variety of types including eroticized figures, pious saint-like young women, and disorderly peasant dancers. The authors suggest that in many cases differences in social class are being emphasized for noble owners (both male and female) of these books of hours. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
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Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003): Pages 165 - 198.
Year of Publication:
2003.
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Record Number:
11095
Author(s):
Dahood, Roger.
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Title :
Ancrene Wisse and the Identities of Mary Salome [In the later Middle Ages Mary Salome was identified as the third woman at the tomb of Christ, although she is not directly in the Bible. By the twelfth century a tradition had grown that recognized three marriages for Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, and three daughter all named Mary, the Virgin, Mary Cleophas, and Mary Salome. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
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A Companion to "Ancrene Wisse." Edited by Yoko Wada . D. S. Brewer, 2003. Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003): Pages 227 - 243.
Year of Publication:
2003.
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Record Number:
8090
Author(s):
Laskaya, Anne.
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Title :
The Feminized World and Divine Violence: Texts and Images of the Apocalypse [The author argues that the illustrations in late medieval Apocalypse books present a triumphant militant masculinity opposed to a variety of feminized threats including the Great Whore of Babylon, monsters, and even the verdant earth. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
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Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts. Edited by Eve Salisbury, Georgiana Donavin, and Merrall Llewelyn Price . University Press of Florida, 2002. Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003): Pages 299 - 341.
Year of Publication:
2002.
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Record Number:
1942
Author(s):
Peters, Diane E.
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Title :
The Life of Martha of Bethany by Pseudo-Marcilia
Source:
Theological Studies , 58., 3 (September 1997): Pages 441 - 460.
Year of Publication:
1997.
5.
Record Number:
1597
Author(s):
Stanton, Anne Rudloff.
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Title :
From Eve to Bathsheba and Beyond: Motherhood in the Queen Mary Psalter [discussion of the many strong mothers portrayed in the manuscript ; in the Old Testament preface there are illustrations of Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebecca, Rachel, Hannah, and Bathsheba; in the New Testament illustrations of the Psalms there are illustrations of the Virgin Mary and the mothers of such saints as Thomas Becket and Nicholas of Myra].
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Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor . British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1997. Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003): Pages 172 - 189.
Year of Publication:
1997.
6.
Record Number:
2837
Author(s):
Kune, Cobie.
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Title :
Maria in der Hoffnung: Zu den Graviditätsszenen in den deutschen religiösen Dramen des späten Mittelalters
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Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik , 41., ( 1995): Pages 217 - 227.
Year of Publication:
1995.
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Record Number:
2840
Author(s):
Dauven-van-Knippenberg, Carla.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Maria Magdalena als Katalysator des Antijudaismus im 'Frankfurter Passionsspiel (1493).'
Source:
Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik , ( 1995): Pages 162 - 176.
Year of Publication:
1995.
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Record Number:
12689
Author(s):
Storm, Melvin.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Miller, the Virgin, and the Wife of Bath [The author argues that Chaucer intended readers to see parallels between Alison in the "Miller's Tale" and the Wife of Bath. Storm further argues that both women are compared unfavorably with the Virgin Mary, and the Wife of Bath in particular is faulted for both physical and spiritual barrenness. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Neophilologus , 75., ( 1991): Pages 291 - 303.
Year of Publication:
1991.
9.
Record Number:
12754
Author(s):
Lewis, Suzanne.
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Title :
The Apocalypse of Isabella of France: Paris, Bibl. Nat. MS Fr. 13096. The Appendix outlines the picture cycle and text of the manuscript, listing the text (by chapter and verse number) and subject matter of images on each folio [Title note supplied by Feminae].
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Art Bulletin , 72., 2 (June 1990): Pages 224 - 260.
Year of Publication:
1990.
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Hildesheim Doors
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Art Bulletin , 72., 2 (June 1990):
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Record Number:
32299
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The Whore of Babylon Seated on the Waters
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Art Bulletin , 72., 2 (June 1990):
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Record Number:
43219
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The Woman Seated upon the Beast
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Art Bulletin , 72., 2 (June 1990):
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Record Number:
43661
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The Prodigal Son at the Brothel
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Art Bulletin , 72., 2 (June 1990):
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