Sex, sin and salvation : a case study of the narrative pictorial cycle of Saint Mary the Egyptian at Bourges Cathedral

This paper studies the narrative stained glass cycle of the Life of Saint Mary the Egyptian at Bourges Cathedral within the context of prevailing—and often conflicting--civil and ecclesiastical attitudes toward sex, sexual sin, and prostitution in early thirteenth century France. Although the Church maintained that sexual sin was mortal sin, civil records suggest the public was skeptical. Through the example of a penitent harlot, this window, both structurally and in thematic content, attempts to map a doctrinally appropriate path from sexual sin to purity of spirit—and salvation—through complete submission to the Church and its clergy.

The parochial registers of Saint Germain-en-Laye. Jacobite extracts of births, marriages and deaths,

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History of Saint Mary's Church, Mott Haven, 340 Alexander Ave., New York City. Issued for annual parish festival service on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the original church on Ascension Day, May 1st, 1856, Ascension Day, May 14th, 1931. History and statistics 1856-1906

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The martyrdom and miracles of Saint George of Cappadocia.

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Ten choral preludes. [music] : Two choral variations. Three chorales. Final chorus of Saint Matthews Passion, in the original version /

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The history of Saint Paul's cathedral, in London, from its foundation: extracted out of original charters, records, leiger-books, and other manuscripts,

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The Feast of Saint Nichols

Jan Steen; 2 ft. 8 9/32 in.x 2 ft. 3 3/4 in.; oil on canvas

The Feast of Saint Nichols

Jan Steen; 2 ft. 8 9/32 in.x 2 ft. 3 3/4 in.; oil on canvas

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

Hendrick ter Brugghen; 3 ft. 6 53/64 in.x 4 ft. 5 47/64 in.; oil on canvas

Sunday near the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris

Jean Beraud; 1 ft. 11 25/64 in.x 2 ft. 7 57/64 in.; oil on canvas

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Benozzo Gozzoli; 9 3/8 in.x 1 ft. 1 37/64 in.; tempera on poplar panel

Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket

2 11/64 in.x 1 27/32 in.; gilded silver with niello and a glass cabochon set over a tinted foil