The images of the leprosy in the Cantigas of Santa María of Alfonso X the wise

  • Maribel Morente Parra

Abstract

The appearance of lepers in a repertoire of miracles like the Cantigas de Santa María, reflects on the one hand, the constant presence of the disease like one of the evils that punished the medieval population, and on the other hand, the necessity of the mariana intercession like road of physical and spiritual salvation. The iconographic identity given to the leprosy allows us to individualize the disease like the integral part of a whole: the evil.

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Published
2007-01-01
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Morente Parra M. (2007). The images of the leprosy in the Cantigas of Santa María of Alfonso X the wise. Anales de Historia del Arte, 17, 25-45. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/ANHA0707110025A
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Vol. 17 (2007)
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