The use of Marian sculptures in Late Medieval Swedish Parish churches

• Jonas Carlquist ^[1]
  1. [1] Umeå University

     Umeå University

     Suecia

     
• Localización: Collegium medievale: interdisciplinary journal of medieval research, ISSN 0801-9282, Nº. 27, 2014, págs. 115-135
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article discusses the use of wooden Marian sculptures in Swedish parish churches during the Middle Ages. By analysing the Marian sculptures’ context, design and materiality together with vernacular devotional literature, I suggest that these different media together collaborated in the education of the lay congregation about the life of the Virgin and her cult. Together, sculptures and prayers facilitated private meditation. I will use the Madonna of Knutby Church as my leading example.