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Vitreous Vitae
St. Margaret of Antioch in Thirteenth-Century Stained Glass
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In Vitreous Vitae: St. Margaret of Antioch in Thirteenth-Century Stained Glass, Ashley J. Laverock considers the representation of the virgin martyr St. Margaret in thirteenth-century stained-glass windows in Europe. These windows appeared at a moment when Margaret’s cult was expanding but before the motif of the saint with the ragon became normative. They offer insight into the rich narrative potential of Margaret’s life in a monumental medium seen by wide audiences.
Examining these windows not only reveals shared emphases on Margaret’s imitatio Christi, corporeal suffering, and encounters with the dragon and demon, but also shows how distinct site-specific hagiographies of Margaret were tailored to each church’s context. Multi-faceted Margarets contributed to the wider cult of the saint.
Examining these windows not only reveals shared emphases on Margaret’s imitatio Christi, corporeal suffering, and encounters with the dragon and demon, but also shows how distinct site-specific hagiographies of Margaret were tailored to each church’s context. Multi-faceted Margarets contributed to the wider cult of the saint.
Ashley J. Laverock, Ph.D. (2016, Emory University) is Professor of Art History at Savannah College of Art and Design. She has published on hagiographic stained glass and on the intersection of the cult of saints and Gothic stained glass.
List of Figures
Introduction
1 Martyr and Medium: the Cult of St. Margaret and Stained Glass
1 The Cult of St. Margaret in Text and Image
2 St. Margaret and Stained Glass
2 Narrating Margaret’s Passion in Stained Glass: the Multi-Layered Martyr at the Church of St. Margaret at Ardagger Abbey
1 Visual Narrative Strategies in the Margaret Windows
2 Image and Inscription at Ardagger
3 Margaret and the Canons of Ardagger
3 Witnessing the Martyr: Margaret’s Corporeal Suffering at the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne, Auxerre
1 Margaret and Martyrdom
2 Beating, Burning, and Drowning
3 Margaret’s Witnesses
4 Saints, Bishops, and Laity at Auxerre Cathedral
4 From Suffering to Slaying: Margaret’s Triumphs over the Dragon and Demon at Chartres Cathedral
1 The Dragon Appears
2 The Demon Flees
3 Margaret as a Confessor Saint at Chartres
4 Margaret, Childbirth, and the Virgin Mary
5 Seeing Margaret in Context
5 Margaret’s Expanding Imagery: Multivalent Margarets in Other Thirteenth-Century Windows
1 Margaret at Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
2 Margaret and her relics at Dol-de-Bretagne and Troyes
3 Margaret among the Martyrs at Strasbourg
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Scholars and students interested in thirteenth-century art and architecture, medieval stained glass, hagiographic studies, the cult of saints, and St. Margaret of Antioch. Keywords: stained glass, art history, hagiography, saints, Medieval Europe, France, Austria, St. Margaret, thirteenth century, Gothic, narrative.