A work by Louis Charbonneau-Lassay focused on the symbolism of Christ's wounds (the vulnera Christi) in Christian devotion and iconography. Explores how the five wounds of Christ were venerated and depicted across Christian history as symbols of redemptive suffering.
Specialist study of wound-symbolism in Christianity, recovering a rich pre-modern devotional iconographic tradition around the Passion and its healing significance.
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