Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 10783
Author(s): Jones, Leslie C. and Jonathan J. G. Alexander
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Title : The Annunciation to the Shepherdess [The authors explore the representation of shepherdesses in fifteenth century deluxe books of hours. There are a variety of types including eroticized figures, pious saint-like young women, and disorderly peasant dancers. The authors suggest that in many cases differences in social class are being emphasized for noble owners (both male and female) of these books of hours. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003):  Pages 165 - 198.
Year of Publication: 2003.

2. Record Number: 1597
Author(s): Stanton, Anne Rudloff.
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Title : From Eve to Bathsheba and Beyond: Motherhood in the Queen Mary Psalter [discussion of the many strong mothers portrayed in the manuscript ; in the Old Testament preface there are illustrations of Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebecca, Rachel, Hannah, and Bathsheba; in the New Testament illustrations of the Psalms there are illustrations of the Virgin Mary and the mothers of such saints as Thomas Becket and Nicholas of Myra].
Source: Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence.   Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor .   British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1997. Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003):  Pages 172 - 189.
Year of Publication: 1997.

3. Record Number: 43661
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Title : The Prodigal Son at the Brothel
Source: Studies in Iconography , 24., ( 2003):
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