Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1208
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Krüger , Annette and Gabriele Runge
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  • Title: Lifting the Veil: Two Typological Diagrams in the "Hortus Deliciarum" [on folios 67r and v there are two circular diagrams that juxtapose Moses and Old Testament scenes with Jesus].
  • Source URL: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (Full Text via JSTOR) 60 (1997): 1-22. Link Info target = '_blank'>Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (Full Text via JSTOR) 60 (1997): 1-22. Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Charts and Diagrams Herrad, Abbess of Hohenbourg- Hortus Deliciarum Iconography Illumination of Manuscripts Jesus Christ in Art Typology
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 12
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  • Illustrations: Seven figures. Figure One The first typological diagram from the "Hortus Deliciarum." Figure Two The second typological diagram from the "Hortus Deliciarum." Figure Three Paradise schema (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek clm 14159, fol. 5v). Figure Four Tabernacle from the "Hortus Deliciarum," fol 45v. Figure Five Old Testament animals for sacrifice treated as types of the Passion of Christ (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek clm 14159, fol. 2v). Figure Six Job miniature with a circular diagram in the center (London, British Library ms Add. 177 38, fol. 3v). Figure Seven Carved figure of Janus/January from the south portal of the west facade of Saint-Denis.
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00754390
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