"Sicut lilium inter spinas". Floral Metaphors in Late Medieval Marian Iconography from Patristic and Theological Sources
This paper proposes an interpretation of the flowers and other plant motifs present in some late medieval images of four Marian themes: the Virgin Enthroned with Child, the Virgin of Humility, the Sacra Conversazione and the Coronation of the Virgin. By supplementing certain unjustified conve...
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Eikón Imago |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIKO/article/view/73394 |