The Pilgrimage

Troy and her family went on a great vacation to England and Paris in June 1997, as this project was gathering momentum. She used the opportunity to gather photo-documentation about medieval women in works of art. On this page are about half of her pictures. Due to low lighting, some of the most promising became too blurry to be salvaged. In some of the museums she visited, flash photos were not allowed -- which is why all of these are in black and white. Among the pictures Troy wishes had come out are one of St. Anne teaching the to read from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and a misericord of two women gossiping from the Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris. Oh, well. Enjoy these pictures.

Left: the tomb of Abelard and Heloïse, as erected centuries after their deaths. Cimitière Père Lachaise, Paris.

and Child, first half of the 13th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris. and Child (on shield) with kneeling members of the guide of the misericordia. Italian, Bartolommeo Buon, 1445-50. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Bas-relief of the and Child from northern Italy, about 1170. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Ste-Marie-Madeleine. Brussels, before 1500. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris. Female figure, Notre-Dame de Paris. St. Margaret with a dragon. French (Troyes) 1525-1550. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Section of a screen portraying a woman's face. The reverse of the stone was used as a table (!) in the 17th Century. Italian, 1272. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. A well-head portraying Fortitude (holding a column). Italian, Bartolommeo Buon, 1425-1457. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. A well-head portraying Justice (with a sword!!). Italian, Bartolommeo Buon, 1425-1457. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Misericord portraying a woman rolling out bread. End of the 15th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris. Misericord portraying a woman pushing a drunk in a wheelbarrow. End of the 15th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris. Oak misericord portraying a woman and a man harvesting grain. East Anglia, 1390. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Bas-relief on a fireplace of a man and woman. Beginning of the 15th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris. Head of a queen on a stone corbel. Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, c. 1300. British Museum, London. Death of the , from a relief on the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

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and Child, first half of the 13th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris.	and Child (on shield) with kneeling members of the guide of the misericordia. Italian, Bartolommeo Buon, 1445-50. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.	Bas-relief of the and Child from northern Italy, about 1170. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Ste-Marie-Madeleine. Brussels, before 1500. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris.	Female figure, Notre-Dame de Paris.	St. Margaret with a dragon. French (Troyes) 1525-1550. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Section of a screen portraying a woman's face. The reverse of the stone was used as a table (!) in the 17th Century. Italian, 1272. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.	A well-head portraying Fortitude (holding a column). Italian, Bartolommeo Buon, 1425-1457. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.	A well-head portraying Justice (with a sword!!). Italian, Bartolommeo Buon, 1425-1457. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Misericord portraying a woman rolling out bread. End of the 15th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris.	Misericord portraying a woman pushing a drunk in a wheelbarrow. End of the 15th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris.	Oak misericord portraying a woman and a man harvesting grain. East Anglia, 1390. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Bas-relief on a fireplace of a man and woman. Beginning of the 15th Century. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris.	Head of a queen on a stone corbel. Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, c. 1300. British Museum, London.	Death of the , from a relief on the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.