Humility: Virgin or Virtue?

This paper considers Marian iconography in which the Virgin is depicted sitting on the ground, known as the Virgin of Humility. The creation of this Marian type coincides with Saint Thomas’s systematization of the virtues, which resulted in a decline in the importance of the virtue of Humility. The...

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Autores principales:	María Elvira Mocholí Martínez, María Montesinos Castañeda
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	humility virtue virgin allegory iconography Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/54f63147c6394e9ea3ebdab0e8a74d0c
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:54f63147c6394e9ea3ebdab0e8a74d0c2021-11-25T18:53:26ZHumility: Virgin or Virtue?10.3390/rel121110192077-1444https://doaj.org/article/54f63147c6394e9ea3ebdab0e8a74d0c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/1019https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This paper considers Marian iconography in which the Virgin is depicted sitting on the ground, known as the Virgin of Humility. The creation of this Marian type coincides with Saint Thomas’s systematization of the virtues, which resulted in a decline in the importance of the virtue of Humility. The combination of both cultural traditions has led to a correspondence between the virtue of Humility and the images of the Virgin of Humility. The genesis of this latter type is based on the textual sources and part of the visual representation of Humility, which was replaced during the 14th and 15th centuries.María Elvira Mocholí MartínezMaría Montesinos CastañedaMDPI AGarticlehumilityvirtuevirginallegoryiconographyReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 1019, p 1019 (2021)
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description	This paper considers Marian iconography in which the Virgin is depicted sitting on the ground, known as the Virgin of Humility. The creation of this Marian type coincides with Saint Thomas’s systematization of the virtues, which resulted in a decline in the importance of the virtue of Humility. The combination of both cultural traditions has led to a correspondence between the virtue of Humility and the images of the Virgin of Humility. The genesis of this latter type is based on the textual sources and part of the visual representation of Humility, which was replaced during the 14th and 15th centuries.
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title	Humility: Virgin or Virtue?
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Humility: Virgin or Virtue?

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