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Late antique images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning : allotting the scarlet and the purple

Title
Late antique images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning : allotting the scarlet and the purple / by Catherine Gines Taylor.
Author
Gines Taylor, Catherine
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Description
xiii, 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm.
Summary
In 'Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning: allotting the scarlet and the purple', Catherine Gines Taylor traces the way early Christians assimilated the symbolism of spinning into images of the Annunciation. Taylor offers an art historical and interdisciplinary look at the earliest images of Mary spinning, underscoring the iconographic model of idealized matronage consistent with lay piety and the cult of Mary. The personal and domestic nature of this motif is evidence toward popular Mariological devotion that preceded the exclusive, semi-divine presentation of the Theotokos, and stands in contrast with traditional ascetic models for Mary.
Series Statement
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; volume 11
Uniform Title
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; v. 11.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Art.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Preceding the ascetic type: earliest images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning -- 1. The roots and precedents: Lanam Fecit -- 2. The maiden -- 3. The matron -- 4. The household -- 5. Memorial -- Conclusion: The Virgin Annunciate spinning: a matronly model, "in whom all opposites are reconciled."
Call Number
JQE 18-1011
ISBN
  • 9789004346758
  • 9004346759
LCCN
2017061184
OCLC
1011111648
Author
Gines Taylor, Catherine, author.
Title
Late antique images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning : allotting the scarlet and the purple / by Catherine Gines Taylor.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; volume 11
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; v. 11.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Gines Taylor, Catherine. Late antique images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning. Boston : Brill, 2018 9789004362703 (DLC) 2018009625
Research Call Number
JQE 18-1011
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