One Leg in the Grave Revisited
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One Leg in the Grave Revisited

  1. 159 pages
  2. English
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One Leg in the Grave Revisited

About this book

The Miracle of the Transplantation of the Black Leg, a posthumous miracle performed by the saints Cosmas and Damian, is best known from the Golden Legend of Jacobus the Voragine (1265). From the early Middle Ages on, artists have been particularly inspired by De Voragine's description of this miracle. Their works can be found in churches, monasteries, and musea, mainly in Italy, Spain, and Southern France. These artful representations have fascinated Kees?Zimmerman, retired trauma surgeon, inspiring him to travel through Southern Europe exploring them. In this way he has gathered an impressive collection of photographs of paintings, sculptures, and other art and religious objects. This book offers over 80 reproductions of representations of the Miracle of the Black Leg, quite a number of which have never been published before. Articles by art historians (De Jong, Fracchia), medievalists (Santing), and an Introduction by Zimmerman himself, shed light on different aspects of the legend. This book will therefore be of interest for art historians and medievalists, as well as those who wish to investigate the relationship between medicine and religion in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. It offers, moreover, a wealth of beautiful pictures to be savored by all art lovers.

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Information

Publisher
Barkhuis
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9789491431234
eBook ISBN
9789492444486
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of contents
  3. List of illustrations
  4. Introduction (Kees W. Zimmerman
  5. Illustrations I (general
  6. Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend: saints Cosmas and Damian, translated by William Granger Ryan
  7. Transplantation and salvation (Jan L. de Jong)
  8. Illustrations II (miracle of the transplantation, before 16th century)
  9. Spanish depictions of the miracle of the black leg (Carmen T. Fracchia)
  10. Illustrations III (miracle of the transplantation, 16th - 19th century)
  11. Cosmas and Damian as representatives of a diverse medical profession and its function (Catrien G. Santing)
  12. Illustrations IV (miracle of the transplantation, 20th and 21th century)
  13. About the authors