Trzynastowieczna tradycja mistyczna w barokowym obrazie Adoracji ran Chrystusa przez zakonnice reguły św. Benedykta z klasztoru Panien Benedyktynek w Przemyślu
The Thirteenth-Century Mystical Tradition in the Baroque Painting the Adoration of Christ’s Wounds by Nuns of the Order of St. Benedict in the Benedictine Convent in Przemyśl

Summary/Abstract: This paper looks at the 17th-century painting showing the adoration of Christ by nuns of the Order of St. Benedict, and which is to be found in the Convent of the Benedictine Sisters in Przemyśl. This depiction represents the spirit of the mysticism of the Passion. In the 13th century, devotion to the humanity of Jesus became more and more common, especially in Germany. The primacy of love in contemplation was a characteristic feature of this bridal mysticism, which was also known as love mysticism. In the 17th century, when the painting was created, this passionate spirituality continued this line of medieval thought, which was largely based on the texts of the revelations of medieval visionaries, especially those of St. Mechthild of Hackeborn and St. Gertrude the Great. A considerable role in the development of the cult of the Passion of Christ and His Heart in Poland was played by the prioress of the Benedictine nuns of Chełmno, Magdalena Mortęska, and the Jesuit Kasper Drużbicki. The nuns who are shown in the picture, from various times and places, represent the centuries-old tradition and history of the Benedictine Order and Benedictine monasticism.

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