The female crucifix : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages

Summary: Featuring more than twenty illustrations, including several works of art that were rediscovered by the author and are published here for the first time, The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages provides a new perspective on a very old phenomenon. The legendary bearded female St. Wilgefortis, also known by a variety of other names including "Kummernis" and "Uncumber," was the object of fervent veneration in areas of Western and Central Europe for almost half a millennium. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the legend of her dramatic transformation from a beauti.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889203655
ISBN: 0889203652
ISBN: 9780889209398
ISBN: 0889209391
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 173 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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Publisher: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Plates; Introduction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.