L A Smits
Biographic Data
| ID | 6873550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L A Smits |
| GIVEN NAMES | L A |
| FAMILY NAME | Smits |
| SIGNATURE | SMITS L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4790-7246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dynamic Domestic Devotion
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Out of sight, but not out of mind
The Daughter Zion allegory has previously been interpreted as a failed allegory for mystical union, both because it relies on personification allegory and because some versions do not actually portray intimate union between the soul and God. Focusing on the Middle Dutch incunable Vander dochtere van syon een deuoet exercitie ( A Devout Exercise on the Daughter of Zion ), printed by Gheraert Leeu in 1492, I will offer a different interpretation th…
Practice, Process, and Performance
Illustrations and annotation in the margins of manuscripts can offer unique insights into the medieval reading experience. This article explores how Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 373, a manuscript containing Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermones super Cantica canticorum, produced and read in late medieval England, facilitates and reflects a performative mode of reading. While a movement from reading to bodily performance is suggested, this article…
Small Pipe-Clay Devotional Figures
Small, mass-produced pipe-clay figurines were popular devotionalia in the late medieval Low Countries. In this paper, focusing on representations of the Christ Child, I study the sensory and playful ways in which such objects were used as ‘props of perception’ in spiritual games of make-believe or role-play. Not only does this particular iconography invite tactile and playful behaviour, the figurines fit within a larger context of image practices…
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Small Pipe-Clay Devotional Figures
Small, mass-produced pipe-clay figurines were popular devotionalia in the late medieval Low Countries. In this paper, focusing on representations of the Christ Child, I study the sensory and playful ways in which such objects were used as ‘props of perception’ in spiritual games of make-believe or role-play. Not only does this particular iconography invite tactile and playful behaviour, the figurines fit within a larger context of image practices…
Practice, Process, and Performance
Illustrations and annotation in the margins of manuscripts can offer unique insights into the medieval reading experience. This article explores how Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 373, a manuscript containing Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermones super Cantica canticorum, produced and read in late medieval England, facilitates and reflects a performative mode of reading. While a movement from reading to bodily performance is suggested, this article…
Out of sight, but not out of mind
The Daughter Zion allegory has previously been interpreted as a failed allegory for mystical union, both because it relies on personification allegory and because some versions do not actually portray intimate union between the soul and God. Focusing on the Middle Dutch incunable Vander dochtere van syon een deuoet exercitie ( A Devout Exercise on the Daughter of Zion ), printed by Gheraert Leeu in 1492, I will offer a different interpretation th…
Dynamic Domestic Devotion
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Art (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Performative utterance (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works)