The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages.

410 Pages·2001·11.14 MB·English

by  Katherine Ludwig Jansen

The Making of the
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The Making of the
Magdalen
PREACHING AND POPULAR DEVOTION
IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
Katherine Ludwin Jans en
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1. MARY MAGDALENE, SAINT—CULT—ITALY—HISTORY—MIDDLE AGES, 600-1500.
2. MARY MAGDALENE, SAINT—CULT—FRANCE—PROVENCE—HISTORY—MIDDLE AGES,
600-1500. 3. SPIRITUAL LIFE—HISTORY OF DOCTRINES—MIDDLE AGES, 600-1500.
4. PREACHING—ITALY—HISTORY—MIDDLE AGES, 600-1500.
5. PREACHING—FRANCE—PROVENCE—HISTORY—MIDDLE AGES, 600-1500.
6. CHRISTIAN HAGIOGRAPHY—HISTORY AND CRITICISM. 7. WOMEN IN
CHRISTIANITY—ITALY—HISTORY—TO 1500. 8. WOMEN IN
CHRISTIANITY—FRANCE—PROVENCE—HISTORY—TO 1500. 9. ITALY—CHURCH
HISTORY—475-1400. 10. ITALY—CHURCH HISTORY—15TH CENTURY.
11. PROVENCE (FRANCE)—CHURCH HISTORY. I. TITLE.
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Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
ABBREVIATIONS XV
A NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, amd NAMES xvii
Introduction 3
ONE
"In Memory of Her": From History to Legend 18
PART Is THE MENDICANT MAGDALEN
TWO
The Vita Apostolica 49
THREE
The Vita Activa 100
The Vita ConFOteUmRp lativa 116
PART II: THE WAGES OF SIN
FIVE
"Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity" 145
SIX
"There Was a Sinner in the City" 168
PART III: DO PENANCE
SEVEN
The Exemplar of Perfect Penance 199
vi CONTENTS
PART IV: RESPONSES
EIGHT
Responses to the Scriptural Saint 247
NINE
Responses to the Legendary Saint 265
TEN
In the Shadow of the Virgin 286
ELEVEN
The House of Anjou: A Royal Response 307
"In Memory of Her":E FPrILoOmG LUeEg end to History 333
BIBLIOGRAPHT OF WORKS CITED 337
Unpublished Primary Sources 337
Published Primary Sources 339
Secondary Sources 348
INDEX 371
List of Illustrations
Figure I. Apostolorum Apostola. Psalter of St. Albans, Hildesheim: Dom-
bibliothek, MS St. God. 1 (Property of St. Godehard, Hildesheim).
Photo reproduced by permission of Dombibliothek, Hildesheim. 64
Figure 2. Mary Magdalen Preaches in a Pulpit. Fresco attributed to Pietro
da Milano, Church of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso, Buttigliera Alta (Pied-
mont). Photo by the author. 68
Figure 3. Mary Magdalen Preaches in a Pulpit. Francesco Laurana,
Lazarus Altar, Church of La Vieille Major, Marseilles. Photo: Herziana,
from Carla Ricci, Maria di Magdala e le molte altre: Donne sul cammino
di Gesu (Naples, 1991). 69
Figure 4. German Ecclesiastical Vestment Embroidered with Scenes from
the Life of Mary Magdalen. St. Annen Museum/Museum fur Kunst und
Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt, Liibeck. Photo: Herziana, from Der
Danziger Paramentenschatz: kirchliche Gewcinder und Stickereien aus der
Marienkirche (Berlin, 1932). 70
Figure 5. Mary Magdalen Preaches to the Jews. Detail of Fig. 4. 71
Figure 6. Mary Magdalen Blesses the Pagans of Marseilles. Fresco from
Cappella della Maddalena, Church of S. Domenico, Spoleto. Photo:
Hutzel Collection, reproduced by permission of the Getty Research
Institute, Research Library 72
Figure 7. Mary Magdalen Wearing the Triple Crown. MS Add. 15682,
fol. 144r. The British Library, London. Photo reproduced by permission
of The British Library. 75
Figure 8. Mary Magdalen, Catherine of Alexandria, and Dominican
Saints flank the Virgin and Child. Polyp tych by Simone Martini (ex Con-
vento di S. Caterina), Museo Nazionale di S. Matteo, Pisa. Photo by the
author. 76
Figure 9. Destruction of the Idols in Marseilles. Leggendario Ungherese,
MS Vat. lat. 8541, fol. 103v. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Citta del
Vaticano. Photo reproduced by permission of the Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana. 78
Figure 10. Destruction of the Idols in Marseilles. Fresco by Lombard Mas-
ter, Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo (ex Disciplinati Church of S. Maria
Maddalena). Photo by the author. 79
viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 11. Mary Magdalen, Martha, and Lazarus Distribute Their
Worldly Goods to the Needy. Fresco by Giovanni and Battista Baschenis de
Averaiia in the Church of S. Maria Maddalena, Cusiano (prov. Trentino).
Photo reproduced by permission of the Fototeca del Servizio Beni Cul-
turali della Provincia Autonoma di Trento.
Figure 12. Bishop Teobaldo Pontano and Bishop Rufino. Fresco attributed
to School of Giotto from the Cappella della Maddalena, Lower Church
of the Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi. Photo: Anderson, reproduced by
permission of Alinari/Art Resource, N.Y.
Figure 13. Friar Teobaldo Pontano and Mary Magdalen. Fresco attrib-
uted to School of Giotto from the Cappella della Maddalena, Lower
Church of the Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi. Photo: Anderson, repro-
duced by permission of Alinari/Art Resource, N.Y.
Figure 14. Saint Francis and Mary Magdalen beneath the Cross. Panel
painting, School of Rimini, Vatican Museums, Pinacoteca. Photo repro-
duced by permission of the Musei Vaticani.
Figure 15. Mary Magdalen and Beata beneath the Cross. Panel painting
by Jacopo di Paolo, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville.
Photo reproduced by permission of the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts
Gallery.
Figure 16. Mary Magdalen at Christ's Feet. Detail of painted crucifix by
Sienese Master, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence. Photo reproduced by
permission of the Soprintendenza per i beni artistici e storici delle provin-
cie di Firenze e Pistoia.
Figure 17. Saint Francis at Christ's Feet. Detail of painted crucifix attrib-
uted to Margarito d'Arezzo, Basilica of S. Francesco, Arezzo. Photo by
the author.
Figure 18. The Mixed Life: Mary Magdalen with Book and Vase. Panel
Painting attributed to Antonio Veneziano, Vatican Museums, Pinacoteca.
Photo reproduced by permission of the Musei Vaticani.
Figure 19. The Desert Saint in her Grotto. Fresco by Pietro Cavallini,
Brancaccio Chapel, Church of S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples. Photo re-
produced by permission of I.C.C.D., Rome.
Figure 20. Angelic Levitation. Fresco from Cappella della Maddalena,
Church of S. Domenico, Spoleto. Photo: Hutzel Collection, reproduced
by permission of the Getty Research Institute, Research Library.
Figure 21. Angelic Levitation. MS Add. 15682, fol. 105r, British Library,
London. Photo reproduced by permission of The British Library.
Figure 22. Madonna and Saints. Panel Painting by Giuliano da Rimini,
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo reproduced by per-
mission of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Figure 23. Saint Francis at La Verna. Detail of Fig. 22.
Figure 24. Mary Magdalen at La Sainte-Baume. Detail of Fig. 22.
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Figure 25. Vanity: The Pre-Conversion Magdalen. Fresco from the
Church of S. Maria Maddalena, Bolzano. Photo by the author. 161
Figure 26. Vanity: The Pre-Conversion Magdalen. Fresco by Giovanni and
Battista Baschenis de Averaria in the Church of S. Maria Maddalena, Cu-
siano (prov. Trentino). Photo reproduced by permission of the Fototeca
del Servizio Beni Culturali della Provincia Autonoma di Trento. 162
Figure 27. The Symbol of Vanity. Detail of Fig. 4. 163
Figure 28. Mary Magdalen Attends Christ's Preaching. Predella, Pala
delle Convertite, Sandro Botticelli, ex Convent Church of Sant'Elisabetta,
Florence. John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Photo reproduced by permission of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 185
Figure 29. Conversion of Mary Magdalen. Predella, Pala delle Convertite,
Sandro Botticelli, ex Convent Church of Sant'Elisabetta, Florence. John
G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo reproduced
by permission of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 187
Figure 30. Noli me tangere. Predella, Pala delle Convertite, Sandro Bot-
ticelli, ex Convent Church of Sant'Elisabetta, Florence. John G. Johnson
Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo reproduced by permis-
sion of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 188
Figure 31. Saint Peter Receives the Pilgrim from Marseilles at the Papal
Court. Fresco from Church of S. Maria, Pontresina (Engadine). Photo:
Foto Flury. 190
Figure 32. Angelic Levitation and Final Communion. Predella, Pala delle
Convertite, Sandro Botticelli, ex Convent Church of Sant'Elisabetta, Flo-
rence. John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo
reproduced by permission of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 192
Figure 33. Mystic Crucifixion. Panel painting, Sandro Botticelli. Fogg Art
Museum, Cambridge, MA. Photo reproduced by permission of the Fogg
Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums. 195
Figure 34. Confession Miracle. Leggendario UnghereseMS Vat. lat. 8541,
fol. 104r, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano. Photo re-
produced by permission of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. 219
Figure 35. Confession Miracle. Leggendario TJngherese MS Vat. lat. 8541,
fol. 104r, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano. Photo re-
produced by permission of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. 220
Figure 36. Confession Miracle. Fresco from Cappella Pipino, S. Pietro a
Maiella, Naples. Photo reproduced by permission of I.C.C.D., Rome. 221
Figure 37. Final Communion. Fresco from Cappella della Maddalena,
Church of S. Domenico, Spoleto. Photo: Hutzel Collection, reproduced
by permission of the Getty Research Institute, Research Library. 223
Figure 38. Saint Dominic's Discipline. De mo do orandi. MS Ross. 3, fol.
7r, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano. Photo reproduced
by permission of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. 227