A sweeping and original study of the structuring of sanctity in
pictorial hagiography, Hahn's book teases out the sophisticated
rhetoric and imaginative independence of the illustrations to
medieval lives of the saints. In systematically surveying the many
ways in which narrative imagery reached out to and responded to a
variety of audiences, "Portrayed on the Heart will take its place
among the most compelling studies of medieval narrative in any
medium.--Jeffrey Hamburger, "The Visual and the Visionary: Art and
Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany and "Nuns As Artists:
The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent
In her superb analysis of the development of hagiographic
pictorial narrative, Cynthia Hahn has achieved both historical
precision and critical nuance. It is the very best sort of
interdisciplinary work, showing the complex symbiosis of visual and
textual narrative. This is one of the handful of best books I have
read about medieval sanctity. Thomas Head, editor of "Medieval
Hagiography: An Anthology
Cynthia Hahn's "Portrayed on the Heart, richly and beautifully
illustrated, is both scholarly and entertaining. It is an
interpretive feat that makes hagiographic manuscripts come alive as
a dynamic dialogue between text and image. In a sophisticated
application of narrative theory to illustrated manuscripts, Hahn
shows how images "speak" to a medieval audience, elicit responses
that are more emotional than those to a written text, and function
as devotional objects. Far from being "mere" illustrations, images
can reshape the textual presentation of a saint, make visible
spiritual struggles, turn readers into witnesses to sanctity, and
even play a role in canonizationproceedings. This is a wonderful
book that deserves a wide readership. Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski,
"Reading Myth: Classical Mythology and its Interpretations in
Medieval French Literature
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