The Christ child in medieval culture : alpha es et o! /
The Christ child in medieval culture : alpha es et o! /
edited by Mary Dzon and Theresa M. Kenney.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 349 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction: the infancy of scholarship on the Medieval Christ child / The Christ child as a sacrifice: a medieval tradition and the English cycle plays / The manger as Calvary and altar in the Middle English nativity lyric / Signs of death: the sacrificial Christ child in late-medieval art / The Christ child in the tree: the motif in the thirteenth-century wood-of-the-cross legends and Arthurian romances / Birgitta of Sweden and Christ's clothing / Women wielding knives: the circumcision of Christ by his mother in an illustrated manuscript of the Meditationes vitae Christi (Paris, Bibliothèque national de France ital. 115) / Ihusus is unser!: the Christ child in the German sister books / The holy tooth: dentition, childhood development, and the cult of the Christ child / 'The ink of our mortality': the late-medieval image of the writing Christ child / Reshapings of the childhood miracles of Jesus / Mary Dzon and Theresa M. Kenney -- Leah S. Marcus -- Theresa Kenney -- Elina Gertsman -- Nicole Fallon -- Mary Dzon -- Holly Flora -- Richard Keickhefer -- William MacLehose -- Mary McDevitt -- Pamela Sheingorn -- Miri Rubin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Epilogue /
The cult of the Christ Child flourished in late medieval Europe across lay and religious, as well as geographic and cultural boundaries. Depictions of Christ's boyhood are found throughout popular culture, visual art, and literature. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the Christ Child were conceptualized and employed in this period.The contributors to this unique volume analyse depictions of the Christ Child through a variety of frameworks, including the interplay of mortality and divinity, the medieval conceit of a suffering Christ Child, and the interrelationships between Christ and other figures, including saints and ordinary children. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture synthesizes various approaches to interpreting the cultural meaning of medieval religious imagery and illuminates the significance of its most central figure.
Includes some text in Latin and Middle English.
9781442695337 1442695331 9781442625181 144262518X 080203795X 9780802037954
22573/ctt52b10 JSTOR
Jesus Christ--Childhood--Art.
Jesus Christ--Childhood--In literature.
Jesus Christ.
Jésus-Christ--Enfance--Art.
Jésus-Christ--Enfance--Dans la littérature.
Jesus Christ
500-1500
Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.
Religious thought--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Pensée religieuse--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Civilisation médiévale.
ART--History--Medieval.
ART--Subjects & Themes--General.
Childhood of Jesus Christ
Children in literature
Christian art and symbolism--Medieval
Civilization, Medieval
Religious thought--Middle Ages
Art
N8050 / .C55 2012eb
704.9/48530902
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction: the infancy of scholarship on the Medieval Christ child / The Christ child as a sacrifice: a medieval tradition and the English cycle plays / The manger as Calvary and altar in the Middle English nativity lyric / Signs of death: the sacrificial Christ child in late-medieval art / The Christ child in the tree: the motif in the thirteenth-century wood-of-the-cross legends and Arthurian romances / Birgitta of Sweden and Christ's clothing / Women wielding knives: the circumcision of Christ by his mother in an illustrated manuscript of the Meditationes vitae Christi (Paris, Bibliothèque national de France ital. 115) / Ihusus is unser!: the Christ child in the German sister books / The holy tooth: dentition, childhood development, and the cult of the Christ child / 'The ink of our mortality': the late-medieval image of the writing Christ child / Reshapings of the childhood miracles of Jesus / Mary Dzon and Theresa M. Kenney -- Leah S. Marcus -- Theresa Kenney -- Elina Gertsman -- Nicole Fallon -- Mary Dzon -- Holly Flora -- Richard Keickhefer -- William MacLehose -- Mary McDevitt -- Pamela Sheingorn -- Miri Rubin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Epilogue /
The cult of the Christ Child flourished in late medieval Europe across lay and religious, as well as geographic and cultural boundaries. Depictions of Christ's boyhood are found throughout popular culture, visual art, and literature. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the Christ Child were conceptualized and employed in this period.The contributors to this unique volume analyse depictions of the Christ Child through a variety of frameworks, including the interplay of mortality and divinity, the medieval conceit of a suffering Christ Child, and the interrelationships between Christ and other figures, including saints and ordinary children. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture synthesizes various approaches to interpreting the cultural meaning of medieval religious imagery and illuminates the significance of its most central figure.
Includes some text in Latin and Middle English.
9781442695337 1442695331 9781442625181 144262518X 080203795X 9780802037954
22573/ctt52b10 JSTOR
Jesus Christ--Childhood--Art.
Jesus Christ--Childhood--In literature.
Jesus Christ.
Jésus-Christ--Enfance--Art.
Jésus-Christ--Enfance--Dans la littérature.
Jesus Christ
500-1500
Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.
Religious thought--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Pensée religieuse--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Civilisation médiévale.
ART--History--Medieval.
ART--Subjects & Themes--General.
Childhood of Jesus Christ
Children in literature
Christian art and symbolism--Medieval
Civilization, Medieval
Religious thought--Middle Ages
Art
N8050 / .C55 2012eb
704.9/48530902