The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century
The Body of Christ as a Sacrifice to Pagan Gods? Mattathias Killing of a Jew in a Dutch History Bible of the 15th Century
Author(s): Huib IseriefSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Cultural history, History of Church(es), Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, 15th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Art history; Iconography; Anti Judaism; Netherlandish art; Maccabees
Summary/Abstract: 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?
Journal: Studia Historica Gedanensia
- Issue Year: 2/2024
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 81-95
- Page Count: 35
- Language: English
