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The image of a leper (?): a paradigm of hidden fears of contagious diseases (Exemplified in a wall painting of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary)
Author(s) -
FatovicFerencic S,
Buklijaš T
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00552.x
Subject(s) - painting , medicine , saint , art history , contagious disease , art , pathology , disease
This is a brief study on the popular ideas about leprosy based on an 18th century wall painting in north‐western Croatia portraying Saint Elisabeth healing a sick man, possibly a leper. The analysis uses examples from the history of medicine, semantics, toponymy and iconography.