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Record Number: 7306 Author(s)/Creator(s): Farmer , Sharon. Contributor(s): Title: Feminine Folly, Burgher Calculation, and Anti-Communal Rhetoric in Thirteenth-Century Tours Source: Studies in Iconography 17, ( 1996): Pages 143 - 176. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Adultery In Literature Cities and Towns Folly Hagiography Literature- Verse Martin of Tours, Saint Pean Gatineau, Canon- Vie Monseignor Saint Martin de Tors Politics Award Note: Geographic Area: France Century: 13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Four Figures. Figure One Manuscript illumination with Mary Magdalene and Mary the Egyptian in the margin (The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, MS 76 G17, Fol. 187v). Figure Two "Luxuria and the Fool," Fifteenth century German depiction by Master E.S. (Dresden, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen). Figure Three Manuscript illumination of Phyllis riding on Aristotle's back, Breviary of Margaret de Bar (London, British Library, Yates Thompson, MS 8, fol. 187r). Figure Four Woodcut from a fifteenth century version of St. Martin's life. It shows Martin leaving his adopted mother Persois. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, La réserve, vélin 1159, p. ir). Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 01481029

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