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Record Number:
24732
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Despres , Denise L.
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Title:
Mary of the Eucharist: Cultic Anti-Judaism in Some Fourteenth-Century English Devotional Manuscripts
Source:
From Witness to Witchcraft: Jews and Judaism in Medieval Christian Thought. Edited by Jeremy Cohen. Harrassowitz Verlag, 1996. Pages 375 - 401.
Description:
The Virgin Mary served as a link between her son's sacramental body and the Christian community as his mystical body. Her iconography in later medieval art includes victories over Jews, seen as enemies of the host and the church. Mary is closely tied, as mother, to belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. This belief is confirmed by stories of a baby seen in the host at mass. Images connected to this Marian theme appear frequently in books of hours, especially those made for women, whose concerns were focused on the family and the body. [Description supplied by Feminae.]
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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Body
Books of Hours
Eucharist, Sacrament
Jew of Bourges, Legend
Jews in Art
Mary, Virgin, Saint in Art
Miracles
Patronage, Artistic
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13- 14
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
3447039019