February 29, 2024
Black Madonna Virgin of Anjony French Museum Statue #BMA
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Black Madonna Virgin of Anjony, France 8 inches highHand painted gypsumstone statue. Each statue is a bit different. #SS-BMA 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
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