Mary Magdalen : myth and metaphor

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Title:

Mary Magdalen : myth and metaphor

Author:

Haskins, Susan.

ISBN:

9781845950040

Personal Author:

Haskins, Susan.

Edition:

[New] ed.

Publication Date:

2005

Publication Information:

London : Pimlico, 2005.

Physical Description:

xxii, 518 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: London: HarperCollins, 1993.

Abstract:

Providing an in-depth portrait of Mary Magdalen, this work explores two thousand years of history, art, and literature to present a close-up look at one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity and her significance in religious and cultural thought.

Personal Subject:

Mary Magdalene, Saint.

Mary Magdalene, Saint-Cult-History.

Mary Magdalene, Saint-Art.

Mary Magdalene, Saint-In literature.

Subject Term:

Religion.

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Preface	p. ix
Foreword to the Pimlico Edition	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
List of Illustrations	p. xviii
I De Unica Magdalena	p. 3
II Companion of the Saviour	p. 33
III Apostola Apostolorum	p. 58
IV The Grandes Heures of Vezelay	p. 98
V Beata Peccatrix	p. 134
VI Dulcis Amica Dei	p. 192
VII The Weeper	p. 229
VIII Vanitas	p. 297
IX Magdalens	p. 317
X Much Malign'd Magdalen	p. 366
Reference Notes	p. 401
Select Bibliography	p. 488
Index	p. 495

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