Dic mihi si in Jerusalem eras: figura Mater dolorosa w Historii o bolesnej Męce Oliwiera Maillarda (XV w.)
Dic mihi si in Jerusalem eras : the figure of Mater Dolorosa in Istoire de la Passion douloureuse by Olivier Maillard (15th c.)

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the functioning of the figure of Mater Dolorosa in Istoire de la Passion douloureuse, the work belonging to the literary genre of passions en prose, written by Olivier Maillard (ca. 1430–1502), a French Observant and reformer of the Franciscan order. The figure of Mater Dolorosa, present across the entire space of the work as a defining factor of the Marian motif inscribed into the action, becomes a means of conveying the specific poetic of suffering and death which operates by referring to the triple category of word, silence and look. By presenting the Virgin Mary as a co-sufferer in Jesus’ Passion and a participant in Christ’s Redemptive Mission, it furthermore defines the theological perspective of Maillard’s work.

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