Living Images and Marian Devotion

Words, Gestures, and Gazes

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ID3449846
AuthorsFuensanta Murcia Nicolás (0000-0003-0063-3708, Universidad de Oviedo, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue5
Pages623
Publication date2023-05-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14050623
OpenAlexW4375862635
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

This article examines the living images of the Virgin through the illustration of one of the most important collections of miracles of the 13th century, Les Miracles de Nostre Dame by Gautier de Coinci. In this case, I will focus my attention on manuscript 551 of Besançon (Besançon, BM, MS 551), which, although it has many flaws in its manufacture, offers an interesting presentation of living images. The study of these miniatures reflects the importance of devotion, the set of gestures, words, and gazes, in the medieval spectator's experience of Marian images. At a time when these images' legitimacy as sacred objects was still being debated, the artists in this manuscript show their power without censorship, presenting them as if they were the Virgin herself

Art · Art history · Gesture · Legitimacy · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Visual arts · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Law · Medicine · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy

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