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Conference Paper: Lay Bridegrooms of a Female Christ in Two 15th-Century French Miniatures
| Title | Lay Bridegrooms of a Female Christ in Two 15th-Century French Miniatures |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2010 |
| Publisher | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds. |
| Citation | The 17th International Medieval Congress (IMC 2010), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK., 12-15 July 2010. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Complex issues of gender and identity are raised when the concept of a mystic marriage with Christ is applied to men. In his Horologium Sapientiae, the German mystic Henry Suso describes a marriage to Wisdom, Christ's female alter ego. The few visual depictions of this event present a Dominican monk as Wisdom's bridegroom. Even rarer are visual images of laymen in such a marriage. Two miniatures in French copies of this book depict Christ in his female form wedding the book's patron, in one case Charles VIII, king of France; in the other, his cousin Charles d'Angoulême. This paper will examine these unusual images, their likely source, and their implications. |
| Description | Conference Theme: Travel and Exploration, marking the 550th anniversary of the death of prince Henry ‘The Navigator’ Session 1524: Constructing Religious and Secular Masculinities: Paper 1524-a |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/136759 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Muir, CD | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-27T02:35:47Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-27T02:35:47Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 17th International Medieval Congress (IMC 2010), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK., 12-15 July 2010. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/136759 | - |
| dc.description | Conference Theme: Travel and Exploration, marking the 550th anniversary of the death of prince Henry ‘The Navigator’ | - |
| dc.description | Session 1524: Constructing Religious and Secular Masculinities: Paper 1524-a | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Complex issues of gender and identity are raised when the concept of a mystic marriage with Christ is applied to men. In his Horologium Sapientiae, the German mystic Henry Suso describes a marriage to Wisdom, Christ's female alter ego. The few visual depictions of this event present a Dominican monk as Wisdom's bridegroom. Even rarer are visual images of laymen in such a marriage. Two miniatures in French copies of this book depict Christ in his female form wedding the book's patron, in one case Charles VIII, king of France; in the other, his cousin Charles d'Angoulême. This paper will examine these unusual images, their likely source, and their implications. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Medieval Congress, IMC 2010 | en_US |
| dc.title | Lay Bridegrooms of a Female Christ in Two 15th-Century French Miniatures | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Muir, CD: cdmuir@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Muir, CD=rp01184 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 186736 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |