"Sicut lilium inter spinas". Floral Metaphors in Late Medieval Marian Iconography from Patristic and Theological Sources

This paper proposes  an  interpretation  of the  flowers  and  other plant motifs present in some late medieval images of four Marian themes: the Virgin Enthroned with Child, the Virgin of Humility, the Sacra Conversazione and the Coronation of the Virgin. By supplementing certain unjustified conven...

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