Considerations on the Stigmata is a late fourteenth-century vernacular treatise devoted to the spiritual meaning of Saint Francis of Assisi’s stigmata. Closely connected to the Fioretti yet conceived as an autonomous work, it structures the narrative into five “considerations” corresponding to the wounds of Christ. Drawing on Latin sources, oral traditions, and literary invention, the text privileges spiritual interpretation over historical reconstruction. Its transmission alongside the Fioretti reflects both textual proximity and distinct authorial and literary identities within Franciscan devotional literature.
Considerazioni sulle stimmate
Bianchi, Nunzio
2025-01-01
Abstract
Considerations on the Stigmata is a late fourteenth-century vernacular treatise devoted to the spiritual meaning of Saint Francis of Assisi’s stigmata. Closely connected to the Fioretti yet conceived as an autonomous work, it structures the narrative into five “considerations” corresponding to the wounds of Christ. Drawing on Latin sources, oral traditions, and literary invention, the text privileges spiritual interpretation over historical reconstruction. Its transmission alongside the Fioretti reflects both textual proximity and distinct authorial and literary identities within Franciscan devotional literature.File in questo prodotto:
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