Late antique images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning : allotting the scarlet and the purple /

In 'Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning: allotting the scarlet and the purple', Catherine Gines Taylor traces the way early Christians assimilated the symbolism of spinning into images of the Annunciation. Taylor offers an art historical and interdisciplinary look at the...

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Main Author: Gines Taylor, Catherine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series:Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Annunciation > Art.
Spinning in art.
Christian art and symbolism > Themes, motives.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Preceding the ascetic type: earliest images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning
  • 1. The roots and precedents: Lanam Fecit
  • 2. The maiden
  • 3. The matron
  • 4. The household
  • 5. Memorial
  • Conclusion: The Virgin Annunciate spinning: a matronly model, "in whom all opposites are reconciled."

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