Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature

This article focuses on the representation of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature, considering the extent to which her identity becomes subject to procedures of evolution. In some artworks, Lucy is characterized as the saint who could not be moved either by men or yokes of oxen. Yet in other...

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Author: Beresford, Andrew M.
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Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
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Keyword:St Lucy
Hagiography
Torture
Identity
Art
Literature
Santa Lucía
Hagiografía
Tortura
Identidad
Arte
Literatura
Filología
Philology
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spelling Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literatureLa santa inmovilidad, el ojo arrancado y el pecho amputado: la metamorfosis de Santa Lucía en el arte y la literatura ibérica tempranosBeresford, Andrew M.St LucyHagiographyTortureIdentityArtLiteratureSanta LucíaHagiografíaTorturaIdentidadArteLiteraturaFilologíaLiteraturaPhilologyLiteratureThis article focuses on the representation of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature, considering the extent to which her identity becomes subject to procedures of evolution. In some artworks, Lucy is characterized as the saint who could not be moved either by men or yokes of oxen. Yet in others she is presented either as the saint who was blinded, or more radically, as a figure who suffers a forced mastectomy. The article argues that her example, which raises broader implications for the study of hagiography and of identity in general, shows that we should avoid focusing on representations of saints that are confined exclusively either to art or to literature.Este artículo se centra en la representación de Santa Lucía en el arte y la literatura ibérica tempranos, considerando hasta qué punto su identidad queda sujeta a procedimientos de evolución. En algunas obras de arte, Lucía se caracteriza como la santa a la que no podían mover ni hombres ni yuntas de bueyes. Sin embargo, en otras se presenta como la santa que quedó ciega o, más radicalmente, como una figura que sufre una mastectomía forzada. El artículo sostiene que su ejemplo, que plantea implicaciones más amplias para el estudio de la hagiografía y de la identidad en general, muestra que deberíamos evitar centrarnos en representaciones de santos o santas que se limitan exclusivamente al arte o a la literatura.Editorial Universidad de Alcalá20242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/62278https://dx.doi.org/10.37536/RPM.2024.38.1.103334reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:ebuahbibliot::976556aedfd06bb4dc0955e0bd6ab50b2025-07-17T08:39:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
La santa inmovilidad, el ojo arrancado y el pecho amputado: la metamorfosis de Santa Lucía en el arte y la literatura ibérica tempranos
title Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
spellingShingle Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
Beresford, Andrew M.
St Lucy
Hagiography
Torture
Identity
Art
Literature
Santa Lucía
Hagiografía
Tortura
Identidad
Arte
Literatura
Filología
Literatura
Philology
Literature
title_short Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
title_full Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
title_fullStr Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
title_full_unstemmed Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
title_sort Saintly immobility, the gouged-out eye, and the severed breast: the metamorphosis of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Beresford, Andrew M.
author Beresford, Andrew M.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv St Lucy
Hagiography
Torture
Identity
Art
Literature
Santa Lucía
Hagiografía
Tortura
Identidad
Arte
Literatura
Filología
Literatura
Philology
Literature
topic St Lucy
Hagiography
Torture
Identity
Art
Literature
Santa Lucía
Hagiografía
Tortura
Identidad
Arte
Literatura
Filología
Literatura
Philology
Literature
description This article focuses on the representation of St Lucy in early Iberian art and literature, considering the extent to which her identity becomes subject to procedures of evolution. In some artworks, Lucy is characterized as the saint who could not be moved either by men or yokes of oxen. Yet in others she is presented either as the saint who was blinded, or more radically, as a figure who suffers a forced mastectomy. The article argues that her example, which raises broader implications for the study of hagiography and of identity in general, shows that we should avoid focusing on representations of saints that are confined exclusively either to art or to literature.
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