Ilse B Friesen. The Female Crucifix...

Ilse B Friesen. The Female Crucifix. Images of St Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages. Waterloo, ONT: Wilfred Laurier UP 2001 173 pp 22 color, 4 b&w illustrations. ISBN 0-88920-365-2 $4500

This fine reflection investigates the tradition surrounding the largely forgotten and legendary medieval female saint Wilgefortis, tracing that tradition from the High Middle Ages to the quick in emergencies and especially across southern Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and England. Primarily' art-historical in focus, the part which devotes particular attention to androgynous statues and images