The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century

Huib Iserief

The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century

Data publikacji: 30.12.2024

Studia Historica Gedanensia, 2024, Tom 15 (2024)/2, s. 81-95

https://doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.24.022.20449

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The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century

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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?

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Art history, Iconography, Anti‑Judaism, Netherlandish art, Maccabees

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Informacje: Studia Historica Gedanensia, 2024, Tom 15 (2024)/2, s. 81-95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.24.022.20449

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Huib Iserief

University of Amsterdam

Publikacja: 30.12.2024

Status artykułu: Otwarte

Licencja: Żadna

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