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Record Number:
2184
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Jansen , Katherine L.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Like a Virgin: The Meaning of the Magdalen for Female Penitents of Later Medieval Italy [The author argues that the image of Mary Magdalene as a sinner restored to virginity through penance held special meaning for uncloistered religious women. These penitent women, frequently widows, sought the full rewards of virgins in paradise. Among the
Source:
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 45, ( 2000): Pages 131 - 152.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Hagiography
Lay Piety
Mary Magdalene, Saint
Mary Magdalene, Saint in Art
Penitents
Virginity
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
13- 14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Seven figures. Figure One Paolo Veneziano, Assumption of Mary Magdalen (Worcester Mass., Worcester Art Museum). Figure Two Paolo Veneziano, Assumption of Mary Magdalen (Parma, Galleria Nazionale di Parma). Figure Three Sienese Master, Assumption of Mary Magdalen (Savoie, Hautecombe Abbey). Figure Four Paolo Veneziano, Veronica (London, John Pope Hennessy Collection). Figure Five Byzantine marble relief of the Madonna Playtera (Venice, Church of Santa Maria Mater Domini). Figure Six Manuscript minature, Mary Magdalen Wearing the Triple Aureola (London, British Library MS Add. 15682, fol. 144r). Figure Seven Detail of a "vita" panel of Margaret of Cortona (Cortona, Museo Diocesano).
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Author's Affiliation:
Catholic University of America
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2000.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00656801