Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3442
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Yoshikawa , Naoë Kukita.
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  • Title: Searching for the Image of New "Ecclesia": Margery Kempe's Spiritual Pilgrimage Reconsidered
  • Source: Medieval Perspectives 11, ( 1996): Pages 125 - 138. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Southeastern Medieval Association
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Bible Exegesis- Song of Songs Bride of Christ, Image of Ecclesia, Image of Kempe, Margery, Mystic Lay Piety Literature- Prose Mary, Virgin, Saint in Art Mystics Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Seven Figures. Two details from Hubert and Jan van Eyck's Ghent altarpiece that illustrate the Annunciation and the Assumption. Figure Three is Jan van Eyck's painting of the Arnolfini portrait, while Figure Four is his "Lucca Madonna." Figure Five is a page from the Eibingen manuscript of Hildegard's "Scivias" that illustrates the womb of the Church as the net of Christ. Figure Six is Piero della Francesca's "Madonna della Misericordia," and Figure Seven is Jan van Eyck's "Madonna in the Church."
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  • Author's Affiliation: Hokkaido University
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10575367