CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Znorovszky, Andrea-Bianka |
|---|---|
| Title | Marinus Unveiled: A Transvestite Saint in Western Art and Literature |
| Summary | This study focuses on Saint Marina, a transvestite saint, her visual representations, and the aspect of her cross-dressing. My research is transdisciplinary as it deals with sources from art history and hagiography. I focus on the period from the early Middle Ages until the Early Modern period. Most of my sources are manuscripts illuminations, but I also use other types of visual representations because from the fifteenth century onwards one can find paintings, engravings,and statues in public spaces. I have identified the patterns of each representation (clothes,tonsure, physiognomy, gestures, etc.) and their developments according to differences in time,area, and audience. I also attempted to point out any common influences, as it is likely that the illuminator of one manuscript may have been influenced by representations of other transvestite saints. |
| Supervisor | Jaritz, Gerhard; Klaniczay, Gabor; Gaspar, Cristian; |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/znorovszky_andrea-bianka.pdf |
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