The Wise Mother: The Image of St. Anne Teaching the Virgin Mary
Sheingorn P.
Article. Gesta, Vol. 32, No. 1, 1993, pp. 69-80.
Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York.By investigating the history of the late medieval image of St. Anne Teaching the Virgin Mary, I show
that this image should be associated with female literacy, and specifically with the role of mothers as teachers of their daughters. I suggest that representations of women with books in medieval art have been overlooked, so that their implication for female literacy has been neglected.
Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York.By investigating the history of the late medieval image of St. Anne Teaching the Virgin Mary, I show
that this image should be associated with female literacy, and specifically with the role of mothers as teachers of their daughters. I suggest that representations of women with books in medieval art have been overlooked, so that their implication for female literacy has been neglected.