Sujet

Saint Hedwig Leaving Bloody Footprints in the Snow: The Self-Flagellation of Saint Hedwig, 1353. Creator: Unknown.

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Saint Hedwig Leaving Bloody Footprints in the Snow: The Self-Flagellation of Saint Hedwig; Vita beatae Hedwigis, 1353. Additional Info: Even in the depths of winter, Saint Hedwig insisted on showing her humility by walking to church in her bare feet. In the upper portion of this miniature, a servant woman points in horror to the bloody footprints left behind her in the snow. Below, the saint inflicts wounds on her own back, and then she appears again, clenching her fists in anticipation of the blows. In this way, Hedwig sought to prove her willingness to suffer pain for her faith. Self-inflicted pain was seen in the Middle Ages as a voluntary form of penance, a way of understanding and participating in the Passion of Christ.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A77_364

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 26,7cm x 37,6cm / 3150 x 4442 (300dpi)

Mots clés

weather Europe female women woman people walking religious arts country religion snow body bodies writing life art blood faith feet foot church color footprint footprints Poland medieval Christian Christianity pain polish saint Santa text location century wash page ink barefoot concept santo suffering manuscript lettering bare feet humility calligraphy Colour bleeding devout mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century Thirteenth Century 13th century 12th century illuminated manuscript self-flagellation tempera TGN the body Silesia Silesian manuscript Unknown St Heritage Art St Hedwig Hedwig Saint Hedwig folio verso Tempera colours coloured washes and ink Saint Hedwig of Silesia