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Illuminated text study for "See! I am God" from the writings of Dame Juliana of Norwich
Illuminated text study for "See! I am God" from the writings of Dame Juliana of Norwich

Illuminated text study for "See! I am God" from the writings of Dame Juliana of Norwich

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Object Details

Title:
Illuminated text study for "See! I am God" from the writings of Dame Juliana of Norwich
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Red and black ink on paper
Dimensions
8 x 6 in.
Classification
Illuminated Texts
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

Julian of Norwich, also known as Juliana of Norwich, was a fourteenth-century Christian mystic, theologian, and anchoress (one who withdraws from society to pursue a life of intense prayer and asceticism). Her Revelations of Divine Love is the first book in the English language known to have been written by a woman. The work is a record of Julian’s visions of Christ, which came to her during a serious illness and ended with her recovery.

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