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Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft; Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, about 1469. Creator: Taddeo Crivelli.

Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft; Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, about 1469. Creator: Taddeo Crivelli.

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Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft; Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, about 1469. Additional Info:While angels carry her toward heaven, Mary Magdalene prays, naked save for the covering of her abundant hair. According to The Golden Legend, a popular medieval compilation of saints' lives, the former sinner repented of her ways and retired to the wilderness outside of Marseilles in France after Jesus' Crucifixion. While living as a hermit there, "every day at the seven canonical hours she was carried aloft by angels and with her bodily ears heard the glorious chants of the celestial hosts."

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People Information

Creator
  1. Taddeo Crivelli, attributed to: Italian: Artist, illuminator, painter
Subject
  1. Mary Magdalene: Judean: Saint, penitent
People Related
  1. Andrea Gualengo: Italian:
  2. Orsina d'Este: Italian: Noblewoman
Medium
  1. Tempera colours, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Verso
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4718x6722
File Size : 92,914kb

Aliases

  1. 83.ML.109.190v
  1. Ms. Ludwig IX 13 (83.ML.109), fol. 190v
  1. 1200002732
  1. 3-039-770
  1. 3039770
  1. 83.ML.109.190v

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