Resemblance and Identification in Personal Devotion: The Images of St. Ursula Commissioned by Anne of Brittany
28 Pages
Open Access
Journal:
Mediaevistik
Volume 33
Issue 1
pp. 213 - 240
Summary
Anne of Brittany commissioned three images of Saint Ursula, and I utilize these to develop a case study to demonstrate that a sense of familiarity with a holy figure was a factor in a worshipper choosing to engage with a particular saint. The iconography of Ursula’s portrayals in the
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- DOI
- 10.3726/med.2020.01.11
- Keywords
- Illuminated manuscripts Queen Anne of Brittany Saint Ursula devotional works of art saints’ vitae reception theory personal devotion
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