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BLOODY WOMEN AND BLOODY SPACES
by Joan R. Branham


Model of Jewish Temple built by Herod in Jerusalem, first century bce.  Click on image to return to article.
Figure 1.
Model of Jewish Temple built by Herod in Jerusalem, first century bce.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Alec Gerrard/Ritmeyer Archeological Design


Plan of courtyards in Jerusalem Temple, first century bce.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 2. Plan of courtyards in Jerusalem Temple, first century bce.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Leen Ritmeyer/Ritmeyer Archeological Design


Aerial view of Jerusalem Temple model showing Court of the Women, Israelites, and Priests (with sacrificial altar), first century bce.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 3. Aerial view of Jerusalem Temple model showing Court of the Women, Israelites, and Priests (with sacrificial altar), first century bce.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Alec Gerrard/Ritmeyer Archeological Design


 Fresco of Christ healing the Woman with an Issue of Blood.  Catacomb of Saints Pietro e Marcellino, late third century, Rome.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 4. Fresco of Christ healing the Woman with an Issue of Blood.  Catacomb of Saints Pietro e Marcellino, late third century, Rome.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Scala/Art Resource


Fresco of female figure holding chalice in the Agape Feast.  Catacomb of Saints Pietro e Marcellino.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 5. Fresco of female figure holding chalice in the Agape Feast.  Catacomb of Saints Pietro e Marcellino.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Pontifica Commissione di Archeologia Sacra


Altar area in the apse of the Basilica of San vitale, c. 547. Ravenna, Italy.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 6. Altar area in the apse of the Basilica of San vitale, c. 547. Ravenna, Italy.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: alinari/Art Resource


Justinian holding Eucharistic bread platter.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 7. Justinian holding Eucharistic bread platter.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: alinari/Art Resource


The Empress Theodora holding Eucharistic wine chalice and accompanied by her court.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 8. The Empress Theodora holding Eucharistic wine chalice and accompanied by her court.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: alinari/Art Resource


Detail of mosaic showing the Jerusalem Temple, its burning altar, and the Holy of Holies, Theotokos Chapel, Mount Nebo.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 9. Detail of mosaic showing the Jerusalem Temple, its burning altar, and the Holy of Holies, Theotokos Chapel, Mount Nebo.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: After Saller, by permission franciscan Press


Altar area with mosaic of sacrificial animals approaching the Jerusalem Temple, Theotokos Chapel, Mount Nebo, 597.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 10.  Altar area with mosaic of sacrificial animals approaching the Jerusalem Temple, Theotokos Chapel, Mount Nebo, 597.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: After Saller, by permission franciscan Press


The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple.  Fourteenth-century mosaic, inner narthex, third bay, vault, Kariye Djami, Istanbul, Turkey.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 11. The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple.  Fourteenth-century mosaic, inner narthex, third bay, vault, Kariye Djami, Istanbul, Turkey.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C./Byzantine Photograph and Fieldwork Archives


Christ healing Woman with Issue of Blood.  Fourteenth-century mosaic, inner narthex, south bay, Kariye Djami, Istanbul, Turkey.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 12. Christ healing Woman with Issue of Blood.  Fourteenth-century mosaic, inner narthex, south bay, Kariye Djami, Istanbul, Turkey.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C./Byzantine Photograph and Fieldwork Archives


Birth of Eve from Adam and Birth of Chalice-Bearing Church from Christ.  illuminated manuscript, French Moralized Bible (Vienna Codex 2554), thirteenth century.  Click on image to return to article.

Figure 13. Birth of Eve from Adam and Birth of Chalice-Bearing Church from Christ.  illuminated manuscript, French Moralized Bible (Vienna Codex 2554), thirteenth century.  Click on image to return to article.
Credit: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien

 

 
 

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