TY - JOUR
TI - The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century
AU - Iserief, Huib
TI - The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century
AB - Miniatures depicting the Wounds of Christ figure in many medieval manuscripts. These fascinating images look weird and alienating, without the body they were inflicted on. They also invoke the feeling we are looking at something scabrous because of their similarity to a vulva. It is uncomfortable: these miniatures depict a sacred matter, the Wounds of Christ. There shouldn’t be an association with something vulgar. Is this strange resemblance maybe a product of a dirty mind. The article attempts to answer the question: How should one approach depictions of the Wounds of Christ in medieval art? Are such depictions sacred, or scandalous?
VL - 2024
IS - Tom 15 (2024)/2
PY - 2024
SN - 2081-3309
C1 - 2391-6001
SP - 81
EP - 95
DO - 10.4467/23916001HG.24.022.20449
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-historica-gedanensia/artykul/the-body-of-christ-as-a-sacrifice-to-pagan-gods-mattathias-killing-of-a-jew-in-a-dutch-history-bible-of-the-15th-century
KW - Art history
KW - Iconography
KW - Anti‑Judaism
KW - Netherlandish art
KW - Maccabees