José Maria Salvador González
Biographic Data
| ID | 967952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | José Maria Salvador González |
| GIVEN NAMES | José Maria Salvador |
| FAMILY NAME | González |
| SIGNATURE | GONZÁLEZ J M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6854-8652 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sedes Sapientiae: A Mariological Metaphor According to Church Fathers and Medieval Theologians and Liturgical Hymnographers
This article seeks to shed light on the theological meanings underlying the Marian metaphor Sedes Sapientiae, one of the invocations of the Litany of Loreto. Inspired by the sentence in Proverbs, “Wisdom has built her house,” this metaphor was taken into consideration and interpreted by many Church Fathers, medieval theologians, and liturgical hymnographers from both East and West. So, we will analyze numerous texts by these masters of Christian …
Matteo d’Acquasparta’s refusal of the belief in Mary’s Immaculate Conception
The current paper intends to sed light on the opinion of the 13th century Franciscan theologian Matteo d’Acquasparta in clear opposition to the belief in Mary’s immaculate conception. We will proceed following step by step the methodological approach of this author, who begins by denying the arguments of the defenders of such belief, before presenting his numerous proofs against the immaculist thesis. The results of our investigation will show th…
Matteo d’Acquasparta’s Arguments in Favor of Mary’s Assumption into Heaven
The aim of the current article is to highlight the original arguments through which the conspicuous 13th century Franciscan theologian Matteo d’Acquasparta (1240–1302) supports the belief in the Virgin Mary’s immediate resurrection and her assumption with body and soul into heaven. To this end, we methodologically resort to primary sources through a detailed analysis of our author’s Mariological writings on the subject. In this regard, we have fo…
The doctrinal metaphor porta clausa in medieval liturgical hymns and its reflection in the iconography of the Annunciation
Focused on investigating some interpretations of the vision of the prophet Ezekiel about the eastern shut gate of the temple that was to be rebuilt in Jerusalem, this article] seeks two objectives. First, to present many fragments of medieval liturgical hymns in Latin that interpret the Ezekiel’s sentence in a Mariological and Christological sense. Second, to analyze seven artistic representations of the Annunciation that include a shut door in t…
Domus Sapientiae: A Mariological and Christological Metaphor According to the Patristic, Theological, and Liturgical Tradition
This article sheds light on the repercussions of the Proverbs sentence "Wisdom has built her house" on Christian doctrine and on the Marian iconography of the Annunciation. To achieve his objectives, the author uses a double comparative analysis as a methodology. To begin with, he analyzes a vast corpus of texts in which numerous Fathers, theologians, and liturgical hymnographers of Eastern and Western Churches interpret this biblical locution ac…
Verbum Verbo Concepisti. The Word's Incarnation in Some Images of the Annunciation in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article aims to explain why, in some European representations of the Annunciation, a bundle of rays of light comes from the mouth of God the Father toward the head/ear of the Virgin Mary. In order to find a satisfactory answer to this problem, the author first studies a series of biblical, patristic, theological, and liturgical sources referring to the supernatural human conception of the Word of God in Mary's immaculate womb. He then analyz…
Refugium peccatorum: The Virgin Mary's Saving Protection in Medieval Liturgical Hymns
The current article does not directly study the liturgical ritual as a set of gestures and forms of ceremonial behavior. Instead, it focuses on shedding light on the doctrinal content of many Mariological liturgical hymns, precisely the conceptual basis that gives meaning to the corresponding Marian liturgical rituals. Based strictly on the study of primary sources of Christian doctrine, this article aims to highlight the belief in the help, prot…
Foederis Arca-The Ark of the Covenant, a Biblical Symbol of the Virgin Mary
This article attempts to document why the Virgin Mary is symbolically designated by the biblical figure "Ark of the Covenant" (Foederis Arca), as reflected in one of the invocations of the Litany of Loreto (Litaniae Lauretanae). To justify such a designation, the author refers to the systematic analysis of the patristic, theological, and hymnic sources of the Eastern and Western Churches, in which the Virgin Mary is labeled as the "Ark of the Cov…
Hortus Conclusus: A Mariological Symbol in Some Quattrocento Annunciations, According to Church Fathers and Medieval Theologians
This paper seeks to interpret the biblical metaphor of the hortus conclusus (closed garden) according to a Mariological projection, as presented iconographically in various Quattrocentro Annunciations. The author bases his interpretations on the exegesis developed by many Latin and Greek-Eastern Church Fathers and theologians, who considered this metaphorical expression of the Song of Songs to symbolize Mary's virginal divine motherhood and perpe…
The Temple as a Symbol of the Virgin Mary in Medieval Liturgical Hymns and Its Reflection in Images of the Annunciation of the 14th-15th Centuries
The current article seeks two interrelated objectives. First, we will shed light on the Mariological and Christological meanings underlying the saying templum Dei and other similar metaphorical expressions, with which countless medieval liturgical hymns, inspired by the Bible, designate the Virgin Mary. Second, we will iconographically interpret some paintings of the Annunciation from the 14th and 15th centuries that represent Mary's house in Naz…
Saint Bonaventure's Doctrine on the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception
This article seeks to shed light on the approach of Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1217/21-1274) on the highly problematic issue of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. In a context of heated debates on the matter, Saint Bonaventure presents a long and complex set of arguments that we can summarize as follows: Mary was conceived with original sin contaminating her body at first, but she was cleansed of it and sanctified immediately aft…
Paradisi porta-An Iconographic Analysis of Mary as a Humanity's Mediator in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article aims to highlight the rich doctrinal meanings underlying the textual and iconic designation of the Virgin Mary as the gate of Heaven, a highly brilliant metaphor used by writers and artists to symbolize her saving mediation before her divine Son on behalf of humankind. To justify our interpretations of this textual and iconic symbol, we will proceed first by analyzing an abundant set of fragments of medieval liturgical hymns, which d…
Regina Coeli-Doctrine and Iconography of the Virgin Mary's Heavenly Royalty
This article aims to highlight the privileged status granted by Christianity to the Virgin Mary when considering her the Queen of Heaven. From the very early centuries of our era, this sublime title was assigned to the Virgin Mary, for her condition of Mother of God, by an increasing number of Church Fathers and theologians. Later, it was expounded by an uncountable number of medieval liturgical hymns. Finally, from the 12th century onwards, thes…
La Peste Negra. Reacciones ante la pandemia en la Edad Media. The Black Death. Reactions to the pandemic in the Middle Ages
Editorial: La Peste Negra. Reacciones ante la pandemia en la Edad
The Vase in Paintings of the Annunciation, a Polyvalent Symbol of the Virgin Mary
This article tries to highlight the deep doctrinal meanings underlying the vase that is often included in artistic depictions of the Annunciation. This apparently banal everyday object has been deliberately placed there in a prominent position to symbolize the Virgin Mary in her condition as the virginal mother of God the Son, and the bearer of all virtues to the highest degree. As methodological resources to justify our iconographic interpretati…
Hortus Conclusus-A Mariological Metaphor in Some Renaissance Paintings of the Annunciation in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article seeks to shed light on the doctrinal meanings of the closed garden included in some Renaissance paintings of the Annunciation. To justify the iconographic interpretations that we will give of these paintings, we will base them on the analysis of many medieval liturgical hymns that poetically designate the Virgin Mary through the metaphorical expression hortus conclusus (closed garden) with which the Husband or Bridegroom requisites t…
The Iconographic Type of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Renaissance Italian Painting in the Light of the Medieval Theology
This article highlights the artistic and conceptual relevance of the iconographic type of the Coronation of Mary in Italy during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modernity. We have analyzed 14 Italian Renaissance paintings, aiming to discover the possible doctrinal sources that inspire them. From a conceptual perspective, we have specified that the iconography of The Coronation of the Virgin in Italy is directly inspired by the comments of some Chu…
The bed in images of the Annunciation (14th-15th centuries): An iconographic interpretation according to Latin Patristics
The images of the Annunciation of the 14th and 15th centuries often include in their scene a bed with evident prominence, which allows us to conjecture that this piece of furniture contains some symbolism of particular relevance. Given such unusual detail, this article seeks to interpret the possible doctrinal meanings that this bed could provide. In this sense, twelve Annunciations of this period, which include a bed, are analyzed first with a p…
La Edad Media en femenino. Mujeres protagonistas en la historia medieval
Scripta manent. Expresiones de la escritura en la Edad Media
The House/Palace in Annunciations of the 15th Century
This article seeks to highlight the doctrinal meanings enclosed in the representation of the house of Mary in the form of a palace or an aristocratic residence in seven images of the Annunciation of the 15th century. To justify our iconographic interpretations in this sense, we based on the analysis of many exegetical comments with which many Latin Fathers and theologians interpreted several metaphorical expressions with dogmatic projection, such…
The temple in images of the Annunciation: A double dogmatic symbol according to the Latin theological tradition (6th-15th centuries)
This article aims to unveil the doctrinal meanings that many Church Fathers and theologians have deciphered in some Old Testament terms such as templum, tabernaculum, domus Sapientiae, arca and other similar expressions related to sacred spaces or containers. In many specific cases, they have interpreted these expressions as metaphors or symbols of the Virgin Mary’s womb and Christ’s human nature. As a consequence, these interpretive approaches a…
The symbol of light's ray in images of the annunciation of the 14th and 15th centuries according to greek patrology
The current article tries to interpret the deep doctrinal meanings derived from the visual and textual metaphors related to the ray of light, the Sun, and other light elements. underlying the symbol of the beam of light depicted in the images of the Annunciation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. To undertake this goal, we will follow two methodological strategies based on comparative analysis. Firstly, we will analyze some texts through …
La retórica de la imagen
Editorial: La retórica de la imagen: entre la persuasión y la coacción Después de haber estado presente en el universo académico durante seis años de actividad ininterrumpida, la revista Eikón Imago inaugura con el presente número 13 una nueva estructura y un nuevo formato.Tales novedades se concretan, sobre todo, en la restructuración a fondo y el apreciable incremento del Equipo Editorial en sus diversos órganos (Consejo de Redacción y Consejo …
La doctrina de San Juan Damasceno sobre la muerte y la asunción de María al cielo, y su posible influencia en las correspondientes iconografías medievales
Este artículo pretende poner en luz la influencia que la doctrina de San Juan Damasceno (c. 675-c. 749) sobre la muerte, la resurrección y la asunción de la Virgen María podría haber ejercido sobre las complementarias iconografías medievales de la Dormición y la Asunción de María al cielo. El trabajo tiene dos vertientes esenciales. En la primera, mediante el análisis de tres homilías del Damasceno sobre la Dormición de María, se estudia la posic…
Hortus Conclusus: A Mariological Symbol in Some Quattrocento Annunciations, According to Church Fathers and Medieval Theologians
This paper seeks to interpret the biblical metaphor of the hortus conclusus (closed garden) according to a Mariological projection, as presented iconographically in various Quattrocentro Annunciations. The author bases his interpretations on the exegesis developed by many Latin and Greek-Eastern Church Fathers and theologians, who considered this metaphorical expression of the Song of Songs to symbolize Mary's virginal divine motherhood and perpe…
The Iconographic Type of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Renaissance Italian Painting in the Light of the Medieval Theology
This article highlights the artistic and conceptual relevance of the iconographic type of the Coronation of Mary in Italy during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modernity. We have analyzed 14 Italian Renaissance paintings, aiming to discover the possible doctrinal sources that inspire them. From a conceptual perspective, we have specified that the iconography of The Coronation of the Virgin in Italy is directly inspired by the comments of some Chu…
"Flos campi et lilium convallium". Third Interpretation of the Lily in the Iconography of The Annunciation in Italian Trecento Art from Patristic and Theological Sources
This paper (which complements two previous works of our authorship) proposes to interpret the bouquet of lilies in medieval images of The Annunciation in two essentially intertwined dogmatic meanings, related to Christology and Mariology. Contradicting conventional “explanations” of such flower in this Marian scene, we found our proposal in many and consistent testimony of some prestigious Church Fathers and medieval theologians, glossing the bib…
"Flos de radice Iesse". A Hermeneutic Approach to the Theme of the Lily in Spanish Gothic Painting of The Annunciation from Patristic and Theological Sources
Contradicting the superficial and unjustified conventional interpretation of the lily in the images of the Annunciation, this paper proposes two new deep theological explanations of that flower in this biblical episode. Based on the analysis of an abundant amount of quotes of the Church Fathers and medieval theologians, which show a well- established doctrinal tradition about this issue, we will try to demonstrate that the stem of lilies at the s…
La Puerta Preciosa de la catedral de Pamplona
El presente artículo busca poner en luz si y en qué medida el autor intelectual de la Puerta Preciosa en el claustro de la catedral de Pamplona se inspira de manera directa en la literatura apócrifa. El estudio a fondo de una decena de textos apócrifos nos lleva a afirmar que casi todos los episodios, personajes, situaciones y objetos representados en este tímpano ilustran de algún modo lo esencial de uno u otro de los principales pasajes de esos…
Paradisi porta-An Iconographic Analysis of Mary as a Humanity's Mediator in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article aims to highlight the rich doctrinal meanings underlying the textual and iconic designation of the Virgin Mary as the gate of Heaven, a highly brilliant metaphor used by writers and artists to symbolize her saving mediation before her divine Son on behalf of humankind. To justify our interpretations of this textual and iconic symbol, we will proceed first by analyzing an abundant set of fragments of medieval liturgical hymns, which d…
Hortus Conclusus-A Mariological Metaphor in Some Renaissance Paintings of the Annunciation in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article seeks to shed light on the doctrinal meanings of the closed garden included in some Renaissance paintings of the Annunciation. To justify the iconographic interpretations that we will give of these paintings, we will base them on the analysis of many medieval liturgical hymns that poetically designate the Virgin Mary through the metaphorical expression hortus conclusus (closed garden) with which the Husband or Bridegroom requisites t…
Iconography of the Dormition of the Virgin in the 10 th to 12 th Centuries
This article seeks to highlight whether and to what extent the medieval iconography of the Dormition of the Virgin reflects the central or peripheral details of three apocryphal texts whose authors are Pseudo-John the Theologian, Archbishop John of Thessaloniki and Pseudo-Joseph of Arimathea. To do this, we will put in direct relation the narrative details of these three apocryphal legends with the characters, gestures, actions and circumstances …
Mirko Vagnoni, Le rappresentazioni del potere. La sacralità regia dei Normanni di Sicilia: Un mito?, Bari, Caratterimobili, Quaderni del Centro Studi Normanno-Svevi, 2012
The Iconography of the Coronation of the Virgin in Late Medieval Italian Painting
This paper aims to highlight the artistic and conceptual relevance acquired by the iconographic theme of The Coronation of the Virgin in Italy during the Late Middle Ages. To achieve this goal we analyzed twenty-seven Trecento and Quattrocento paintings, with the purpose of discovering in them the more or less innovative compositional formulas proposed by these artists, as well as the possible literary sources that inspired them. From the formal …
Iconografía de la adoración de los pastores en la pintura italiana bajomedieval
Durante los doce primeros siglos de la era cristiana, la imagen artística de La Adoración de los pastores resultó opacada por la de La Adoración de los Reyes Magos. Ésta última fue, de hecho, identificada, para el consumo del cristiano común, como la Epifanía por antonomasia, es decir, la primera manifestación pública de Cristo a la Humanidad. Relatado sólo por el Evangelio de San Lucas, el episodio de la adoración de los pastores fue casi del to…
La Puerta Preciosa de la catedral de Pamplona
El presente artículo busca poner en luz si y en qué medida el autor intelectual de la Puerta Preciosa en el claustro de la catedral de Pamplona se inspira de manera directa en la literatura apócrifa. El estudio a fondo de una decena de textos apócrifos nos lleva a afirmar que casi todos los episodios, personajes, situaciones y objetos representados en este tímpano ilustran de algún modo lo esencial de uno u otro de los principales pasajes de esos…
Iconografía de "La Dormición" de la Virgen en los siglos X-XII. Análisis a partir de sus fuentes legendarias
This article aims to highlight if and to what extent the medieval iconography of the Dormition of the Virgin reflects the central or peripheral details of three apocryphal texts, written by the Pseudo John the Theologian, the archbishop John of Thessalonica and the Pseudo Joseph of Arimathea. Thus, we will put in direct relation the narrative details of these three apocryphal legends with the persons, the gestures, the actions, and the circumstan…
"Flos de radice Iesse". A Hermeneutic Approach to the Theme of the Lily in Spanish Gothic Painting of The Annunciation from Patristic and Theological Sources
Contradicting the superficial and unjustified conventional interpretation of the lily in the images of the Annunciation, this paper proposes two new deep theological explanations of that flower in this biblical episode. Based on the analysis of an abundant amount of quotes of the Church Fathers and medieval theologians, which show a well- established doctrinal tradition about this issue, we will try to demonstrate that the stem of lilies at the s…
The Iconography of the Coronation of the Virgin in Late Medieval Italian Painting
This paper aims to highlight the artistic and conceptual relevance acquired by the iconographic theme of The Coronation of the Virgin in Italy during the Late Middle Ages. To achieve this goal we analyzed twenty-seven Trecento and Quattrocento paintings, with the purpose of discovering in them the more or less innovative compositional formulas proposed by these artists, as well as the possible literary sources that inspired them. From the formal …
"Flos campi et lilium convallium". Third Interpretation of the Lily in the Iconography of The Annunciation in Italian Trecento Art from Patristic and Theological Sources
This paper (which complements two previous works of our authorship) proposes to interpret the bouquet of lilies in medieval images of The Annunciation in two essentially intertwined dogmatic meanings, related to Christology and Mariology. Contradicting conventional “explanations” of such flower in this Marian scene, we found our proposal in many and consistent testimony of some prestigious Church Fathers and medieval theologians, glossing the bib…
"Sicut lilium inter spinas". Floral Metaphors in Late Medieval Marian Iconography from Patristic and Theological Sources
This paper proposes an interpretation of the flowers and other plant motifs present in some late medieval images of four Marian themes: the Virgin Enthroned with Child, the Virgin of Humility, the Sacra Conversazione and the Coronation of the Virgin. By supplementing certain unjustified conventions that, without any argument, see these flowers as natural symbols of Mary’s love or virginity, our iconographic proposal is based on multiple evidence …
In virga Aaron Maria ostendebatur". Nueva interpretación del ramo de lirios en la "Anunciación" gótica española a la luz de fuentes patrísticas y teológicas
In clear disagreement with the conventional interpretation of the lily in the iconographic theme of The Annunciation –illustrated with great approprieteness in the ten Spanish Gothic paintings we discussed here—, this paper proposes two new theological explanations of such flower in this biblical scene. We rely for this on numerous and consistent exegesis of prestigious Church Fathers and medieval theologians on the prodigious flowering of dry ro…
Iconography of The Birth of the Virgin Mary on the Basis of a Homily of St. John Damascene
As a consequence of the fact that the New Testament mentions few episodes and very few details of the real life of the Virgin Mary, among the Eastern Christian communities several apocryphal legends, that tried to supply this hermetic silence around the birth, infancy, youth, adulthood and death of the Mother of Jesus, arose during the first centuries of Christianity. These apocryphal accounts were then taken up and interpreted catechetically as …
Mirko Vagnoni, Le rappresentazioni del potere. La sacralità regia dei Normanni di Sicilia: Un mito?, Bari, Caratterimobili, Quaderni del Centro Studi Normanno-Svevi, 2012
La doctrina de San Juan Damasceno sobre la muerte y la asunción de María al cielo, y su posible influencia en las correspondientes iconografías medievales
Este artículo pretende poner en luz la influencia que la doctrina de San Juan Damasceno (c. 675-c. 749) sobre la muerte, la resurrección y la asunción de la Virgen María podría haber ejercido sobre las complementarias iconografías medievales de la Dormición y la Asunción de María al cielo. El trabajo tiene dos vertientes esenciales. En la primera, mediante el análisis de tres homilías del Damasceno sobre la Dormición de María, se estudia la posic…
Iconography of the Dormition of the Virgin in the 10 th to 12 th Centuries
This article seeks to highlight whether and to what extent the medieval iconography of the Dormition of the Virgin reflects the central or peripheral details of three apocryphal texts whose authors are Pseudo-John the Theologian, Archbishop John of Thessaloniki and Pseudo-Joseph of Arimathea. To do this, we will put in direct relation the narrative details of these three apocryphal legends with the characters, gestures, actions and circumstances …
La retórica de la imagen
Editorial: La retórica de la imagen: entre la persuasión y la coacción Después de haber estado presente en el universo académico durante seis años de actividad ininterrumpida, la revista Eikón Imago inaugura con el presente número 13 una nueva estructura y un nuevo formato.Tales novedades se concretan, sobre todo, en la restructuración a fondo y el apreciable incremento del Equipo Editorial en sus diversos órganos (Consejo de Redacción y Consejo …
The temple in images of the Annunciation: A double dogmatic symbol according to the Latin theological tradition (6th-15th centuries)
This article aims to unveil the doctrinal meanings that many Church Fathers and theologians have deciphered in some Old Testament terms such as templum, tabernaculum, domus Sapientiae, arca and other similar expressions related to sacred spaces or containers. In many specific cases, they have interpreted these expressions as metaphors or symbols of the Virgin Mary’s womb and Christ’s human nature. As a consequence, these interpretive approaches a…
The symbol of light's ray in images of the annunciation of the 14th and 15th centuries according to greek patrology
The current article tries to interpret the deep doctrinal meanings derived from the visual and textual metaphors related to the ray of light, the Sun, and other light elements. underlying the symbol of the beam of light depicted in the images of the Annunciation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. To undertake this goal, we will follow two methodological strategies based on comparative analysis. Firstly, we will analyze some texts through …
The bed in images of the Annunciation (14th-15th centuries): An iconographic interpretation according to Latin Patristics
The images of the Annunciation of the 14th and 15th centuries often include in their scene a bed with evident prominence, which allows us to conjecture that this piece of furniture contains some symbolism of particular relevance. Given such unusual detail, this article seeks to interpret the possible doctrinal meanings that this bed could provide. In this sense, twelve Annunciations of this period, which include a bed, are analyzed first with a p…
La Edad Media en femenino. Mujeres protagonistas en la historia medieval
Scripta manent. Expresiones de la escritura en la Edad Media
The House/Palace in Annunciations of the 15th Century
This article seeks to highlight the doctrinal meanings enclosed in the representation of the house of Mary in the form of a palace or an aristocratic residence in seven images of the Annunciation of the 15th century. To justify our iconographic interpretations in this sense, we based on the analysis of many exegetical comments with which many Latin Fathers and theologians interpreted several metaphorical expressions with dogmatic projection, such…
La Peste Negra. Reacciones ante la pandemia en la Edad Media. The Black Death. Reactions to the pandemic in the Middle Ages
Editorial: La Peste Negra. Reacciones ante la pandemia en la Edad
The Vase in Paintings of the Annunciation, a Polyvalent Symbol of the Virgin Mary
This article tries to highlight the deep doctrinal meanings underlying the vase that is often included in artistic depictions of the Annunciation. This apparently banal everyday object has been deliberately placed there in a prominent position to symbolize the Virgin Mary in her condition as the virginal mother of God the Son, and the bearer of all virtues to the highest degree. As methodological resources to justify our iconographic interpretati…
Hortus Conclusus-A Mariological Metaphor in Some Renaissance Paintings of the Annunciation in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article seeks to shed light on the doctrinal meanings of the closed garden included in some Renaissance paintings of the Annunciation. To justify the iconographic interpretations that we will give of these paintings, we will base them on the analysis of many medieval liturgical hymns that poetically designate the Virgin Mary through the metaphorical expression hortus conclusus (closed garden) with which the Husband or Bridegroom requisites t…
The Iconographic Type of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Renaissance Italian Painting in the Light of the Medieval Theology
This article highlights the artistic and conceptual relevance of the iconographic type of the Coronation of Mary in Italy during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modernity. We have analyzed 14 Italian Renaissance paintings, aiming to discover the possible doctrinal sources that inspire them. From a conceptual perspective, we have specified that the iconography of The Coronation of the Virgin in Italy is directly inspired by the comments of some Chu…
Saint Bonaventure's Doctrine on the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception
This article seeks to shed light on the approach of Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1217/21-1274) on the highly problematic issue of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. In a context of heated debates on the matter, Saint Bonaventure presents a long and complex set of arguments that we can summarize as follows: Mary was conceived with original sin contaminating her body at first, but she was cleansed of it and sanctified immediately aft…
Paradisi porta-An Iconographic Analysis of Mary as a Humanity's Mediator in the Light of Medieval Liturgical Hymns
This article aims to highlight the rich doctrinal meanings underlying the textual and iconic designation of the Virgin Mary as the gate of Heaven, a highly brilliant metaphor used by writers and artists to symbolize her saving mediation before her divine Son on behalf of humankind. To justify our interpretations of this textual and iconic symbol, we will proceed first by analyzing an abundant set of fragments of medieval liturgical hymns, which d…
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