Meditations on the Life of Christ
The Meditations on the Life of Christ (
Authorship
The work's precise date of composition, and its author, has occasioned much debate.[1] Until the late nineteenth century, it was traditionally ascribed to Bonaventure. Once it was realised that the work was not by him, the ascription was changed to pseudo-Bonaventure, and was judged to be of unknown Franciscan authorship.
The editor of the critical edition of the Latin Meditations associated it with a
Influence
The work's popularity in the Middle Ages is evidenced by the survival of over two hundred
The work's detailed evocations of moments from the life of Christ and his mother may have influenced early Trecento art. It has also been credited with inspiring the great increase in depictions of the Veil of Veronica from the late 14th century.[10]
References
- ^ McNamer, Sarah (June 2018). ""The Debate on the Origins of the Meditationes Vitae Christi: Recent Arguments and Prospects for Future Research."". Archivum Franciscanum Historicum. 110:1-2: 65–110.
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- ^ "Le devote meditatione sopra la passione del nostro signore". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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