The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence wijn A Stamford Lake Publication

A Stamford Lake Publication

and the Sea beyond

n 2006 nam Riemer van der Velde na 23 jaar afscheid als voorzitter van Heerenveen

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their management and some of their closest collegues

The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence wijn A Stamford Lake PublicationIn Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. Cults sprung up around these miraculous images in the city and surrounding countryside beginning in the late 13th century. In The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence, Megan Holmes questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images,