Hi Lisa, thank you for your interest!
As you read correctly, I am envisioning a particular devotional context. However, these ideas have a peculiar spread geographically. One of the articles that started the whole thing is Dora Salay's “The Eucharistic Man of Sorrows in Late Medieval Art.”. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
This map shows an example of the area we're looking at. I did not want to copy it to my post, but here on the forum it should be okay:
As you can see, this is a remarkable spread for a remarkable form (in this case, the man of sorrows holding the chalice). The area, form northern Italy up to Prague, happens to overlap to a large extent with the area of interest for the VM.
And for example this woodcut is Swiss (though with a date of 1470-1490 it is rather late): You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Basically I think the woodcut illustrates in religious terms what Q13 illustrates allegorically as medicinal baths. The clue is that in the VM, the canopy (from which the water originates) is equivalent to the cloud band, which stands for the divine realm.
As you read correctly, I am envisioning a particular devotional context. However, these ideas have a peculiar spread geographically. One of the articles that started the whole thing is Dora Salay's “The Eucharistic Man of Sorrows in Late Medieval Art.”. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
This map shows an example of the area we're looking at. I did not want to copy it to my post, but here on the forum it should be okay:
As you can see, this is a remarkable spread for a remarkable form (in this case, the man of sorrows holding the chalice). The area, form northern Italy up to Prague, happens to overlap to a large extent with the area of interest for the VM.
And for example this woodcut is Swiss (though with a date of 1470-1490 it is rather late): You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Basically I think the woodcut illustrates in religious terms what Q13 illustrates allegorically as medicinal baths. The clue is that in the VM, the canopy (from which the water originates) is equivalent to the cloud band, which stands for the divine realm.