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SIDE WOUND: THE FEMALE CHRIST by Lyndl Hall

SIDE WOUND: THE FEMALE CHRIST by Lyndl Hall

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128 x 177mm, 36 pages, Black white printing, Saddle stitched, Softcover, 2025 During the crucifixion Christ is said to have sustained 5 wounds: 1 in each hand and foot from the nails of the cross, and the 5th was formed when the side of Christ was pierced by the sword of Longinus. These 5 wounds became objects of specific veneration in the late Middle Ages and in manuscripts the side wound is usually depicted as a mandorla: an almond/diamond/vulvic shape, generally isolated from Christ's body and oriented vertically on the page. It is the vulvic shape of these images, and their implications, t

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