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This is not a book about miraculous images of the Virgin Mary (be they icons, sculptures, altarpieces, or reliquaries) but about their representations in French illuminated manuscripts from ca. 1250 to ca. 1450. Most of these depictions of the Virgin Mary cannot be identified even tangentially with particular surviving images (such as the Virgins of Rocamadour, Soissons, Chartres, and Laon). Rather, these illustrations point to the ubiquity of local miraculous Marian images in devotional practices from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century in French-speaking regions. This book analyzes depictions of material images and the animated miracles they perform, and traces their evolution from the earliest narratives of Marian miracles written in Old French to texts and images produced at the Burgundian court of the late Middle Ages. Beginning with the most extensive compilation of Gautier de Coinci’s Miracles de Nostre Dame, the study then examines lesser-known anonymous works such as the Vie des Pères and encyclopedic collections including the French version of Vincent of Beauvais’ Speculum historiale and the Ci nous dit, as well as a theatrical production of the Miracles de Nostre Dame par personnages, before concluding with the prose rendering of the Miracles by Jean Miélot. Imagining the Miraculous explores the ways in which these works depict physical images, such as panel paintings and sculptures, on the manuscript page. Each chapter provides a detailed iconographical analysis of the miniatures and the diverse techniques of visual narrative they harness, serving also to show how attentive reading of their reception can help us understand how the miniatures themselves might have led viewers to imagine the miraculous moment when an image comes to life.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, French --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Christian art and symbolism --- Christianity and art --- Miracles in art --- Art and Christianity --- Art --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Church decoration and ornament --- French illumination of books and manuscripts --- History --- Mary, --- ʻAdhrāʼ --- Arogyamata --- Ārōkkiyamāta --- Birhen ng mga Dukha --- Blessed Lady --- Blessed Mother --- Blessed Virgin Mary, --- Hagnē Theotokos --- Madonna, The --- Mama Mary --- Mare de Déu --- Maria, --- Mariam Astuatsatsin --- Marie, --- Marie Théotokos --- Marii︠a︡, --- Maryam, --- Maryja, --- Meryem Ana --- Miryam, --- Mother of God --- Muíre, --- Nossa Senhora --- Our Lady --- Our Lady of Good Health --- Our Lady of Sorrows --- Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament --- Qiddīsah Maryam --- Theotokos --- Vierge Marie, --- Virgen María --- Virgin Mary, --- Virgin of the Poor --- Ynang Maria --- مريم --- مريم العذراء --- 성모마리아 --- Our Lady of Emmitsburg --- Majka Isusova --- Apparitions and miracles --- Devotion to --- 091.31 "12/14" --- 091.31 <44> --- 232.931 --- 232.931 Maria. Mariologie --- Maria. Mariologie --- 091.31 <44> Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk --- Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk --- 091.31 "12/14" Verluchte handschriften--?"12/14" --- Verluchte handschriften--?"12/14" --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French. --- Miracles in art. --- History. --- 091:232.931 --- Symbolism in art --- 091:232.931 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Maria. Mariologie --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Maria. Mariologie --- Iconography --- iconography --- religious art --- depictions [visual works] --- miracles --- illuminated manuscripts --- Vignay, de, Jean --- Mielot, Jean --- Gautier de Coinci --- Mary [s.] --- anno 1200-1499 --- France --- Mariam Astuatsatsin, --- Meryem Ana, --- Virgen María, --- Ynang Maria, --- Manuscripts, Medieval - France --- Christian art and symbolism - France - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Christianity and art - France - History - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Maria Deipara --- Iconographie --- Manuscrits enluminés --- Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - Apparitions and miracles - Art --- Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - Devotion to - France - History - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Madonna-beeld --- Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint