Black Madonna Virgin of Anjony French Museum Statue #BMA
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Black Madonna Virgin of Anjony French Museum Statue #BMA:
$41.00
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Black Madonna Virgin of Anjony, France
8inches high
Hand paintedgypsumstone statue. Each statue is a bit different.
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Anjony: Seat of Wisdom
The resplendent Madonna from Anjony, France, is richly formal.
The original is in the chapel of the beautifully preserved 15th century fort Château d\'Anjony near the village Tournemire, Cantal department, Auvergne. It is probably 17th century and made of painted wood.
She shares the geometric pattern of the robes of the much more famous Black Madonna of Le-Puy, and may well have been created as a copy of Her.
The hand postures of mother and child differ slightly from those of Le-Puy, but coincide exactly with Our Lady of the Snows in Aurillac, who is definitely considered a copy of Our Lady of Le-Puy.
This Lady is a perfect example of the \'Seat of Wisdom\' or \'Majesty\' type of Madonna, characterized by the mother seated on an ancient throne without a back or with a low back, holding the child squarely on her lap, and both looking straight ahead.
You won\'t find demurely down cast eyes in these images, but a powerful straight stare. In the language of medieval symbolism this means that Mary is the throne of Jesus, the Seat of Wisdom. From her lap spring wisdom and power.
She is represented as the Christian embodiment of Lady Wisdom, a personage described in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) as the first companion or the feminine face of God.
Many Black Madonnas were not Christian images at all, but were venerated thousands of years prior to contact with the Christian faith.
The Black Madonna images in European pilgrimage shrines are a matter of some controversy. Throughout Europe there are over 500 examples of these black images and, while anathema to the orthodox church, they are widely venerated as having esoteric, magical and wonder-working powers.
THE FRENCH BLACK VIRGINS
Whoever the enigmatic Black Virgin may be, she holds a powerful attraction for her millions of devotees around the world. Her sacred sites stand on highly charged earth energy centres, enhanced by megalithic ley-lines and sacred architecture.
From ancient times to the present, people have undertaken pilgrimages to her shrines as a way to explore her mysteries and to enable her to do her miraculous work of healing, transformation and inspiration.
France has more than 300 Black Virgin places of worship and over 150 Black Virgin statues still in existence.
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Black Madonna Virgin of Anjony French Museum Statue #BMA:
$41.00