'The Devout Belief of the Imagination': The Paris ‘Meditationes Vitae Christi’ and Female Franciscan Spirituality in Trecento Italy

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		Item Number 58587: Found 1 title Note: Use your browsers "back" button to return to your previous search. Item Number: 58587 Title: 'The Devout Belief of the Imagination': The Paris ‘Meditationes Vitae Christi’ and Female Franciscan Spirituality in Trecento Italy Author: Flora, Holly Price: $155.00 ISBN: 9782503528199 Record created on 12/15/2008 Description: Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. 24cm., pbk., 305pp., 94 color illus. Summary: This volume examines the late medieval devotional text Meditationes Vitae Christi through an analysis of its most important manuscript, known by its present location and catalogue number as Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Ms. ital. 115. As Flora argues, Ms. ital. 115, the oldest and most extensively illustrated copy of the Meditationes, was originally made in or near Pisa circa 1350 and tailored very specifically for a group of Franciscan nuns. Flora proposes the manuscript's probable uses in practices of performative devotion and affective response, and the relationship between its imagery and other works of art made for religious women, shedding new light on the history of female monasticism in medieval Italy. (Disciplina Monastica, 6) Quantity requested: Purchase Order (optional): You will be able to remove items later. Back to top Note: Use your browsers "back" button to return to your previous search. Item Number 58587: Found 1 title Items added to your shopping cart can be removed before finalizing your order. Click here to perform a new search Click here to view your shopping cart. Advanced Search \| View Cart \| Join Our Mail List \| Contact Us Michael Shamansky, Bookseller Inc. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com