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The Arma Christi in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland
Ist Teil von
The Arma Christi in Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture, 2014, p.283-312
Ort / Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Devotion to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ, one of the hallmarks of
medieval spirituality, underwent some profound changes over the course of
the Middle Ages, not least in relation to the question of the suffering humanity
of Christ. The transition from early medieval depictions of the crucified Christ
as triumphant hero (the Christus Victor of Gustaf Aulen’s famous study1) to
the emaciated and tortured Imago Pietatis of the later Middle Ages was not
absolute, however; the theme of Christ’s victory on the cross over the powers
of darkness would persist, albeit now ceding preeminence to its more recent
usurper. This paper examines this broad shift in emphasis through the lens
of the arma Christi or, more loosely, the instruments or symbols of Christ’s
Passion, as manifested in medieval and early modern Ireland. Representations
of the arma Christi in iconography and literature of the period can quite
usefully reflect in microcosm the evolving shape of medieval and early
modern Passion devotion.