Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 20331
Author(s): Librandi, Rita
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Title : Dal lessico della "Lettere" di Santa Caterina da Siena: La concretezza della fusione [Catherine of Siena used prophetic language in her letters. Although we lack a critical edition, the vocabulary of the letters can be studied for its use of metaphor. Her emphasis on images of spiritual feeding contrasts vividly with her extreme fasting i
Source: Dire l'ineffabile: Caterina da Siena e il linguaggio della mistica.   Edited by Lino Leonardi and Pietro Trifone .   Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2006.  Pages 19 - 40.
Year of Publication: 2006.
2. Record Number: 20338
Author(s): Bartolomei Romangoli, Alessandra
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Title : Il linguaggio del corpo in Santa Caterina da Siena [Raymond of Capua described Catherine of Siena's body as transformed from a natural entity to one expressing Christ's own body. This was achieved by extreme mortification of the flesh, especially by giving up food. Catherine used bodily metaphors in her w
Source: Dire l'ineffabile: Caterina da Siena e il linguaggio della mistica.   Edited by Lino Leonardi and Pietro Trifone .   Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2006.  Pages 205 - 229.
Year of Publication: 2006.
3. Record Number: 6726
Author(s): Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney.
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Title : Sarah and the Hyena: Laughter, Menstruation and the Genesis of a Double Entendre [the author examines a passage fom the Qur'an along with relevant poems, all of which refer to menstruation; in the story of Sarah menstrutation is associated with fertility and freshness, while in the poetry menstruation is a sign of pollution with the menstruating hyena defiling the dead who have not been avenged].
Source: History of Religions (Full Text via JSTOR) 36, 1 (August 1996): 13-41. Link Info
Year of Publication: 1996.
4. Record Number: 6624
Author(s): Noffke, Suzanne, O. P.
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Title : The Physical in the Mystical Writings of Catherine of Siena [The author argues that Catherine's physically vivid stories and images were intended to help her readers understand both God and human spirituality as incorporating and transcending the physical].
Source: Annali d'Italianistica , 13., ( 1995):  Pages 109 - 129. Women Mystic Writers. Edited by Dino S. Cervigni
Year of Publication: 1995.
5. Record Number: 1639
Author(s): Tamburr, Karl.
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Title : Mystic Transformation: Julian's Version of the Harrowing of Hell
Source: Mystics Quarterly , 20., 2 (June 1994):  Pages 60 - 67.
Year of Publication: 1994.
6. Record Number: 37534
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Title : Vision of St Bernard
Source: Mystics Quarterly , 20., 2 (June 1994):
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