Sacred Skin: The Legend of St. Bartholomew in Spanish Art and Literature
Author | : Andrew M. Beresford |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2020-03-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004419381 |
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Sacred Skin offers the first systematic evaluation of the cult of St. Bartholomew in Spain. Focusing primarily on flaying, its five chapters explore the paradoxes of hagiographic representation and their complex and ambivalent effect on the observer.