Figures
- 7.1St Birgitta of Sweden Receiving a Vision (Frontispiece to the Heavenly Book of Revelations). New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.498, fol. 4v. Date: last quarter of 14th century. Photo: The Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum. MS M.498, fol. 4v. Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1912 193
- 7.2St Birgitta of Sweden Receiving a Vision (Frontispiece to the Book of Questions). Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa, 3310, fol. 224v. Date: last quarter of 14th century. Photo: Courtesy of Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw 199
- 7.3St Birgitta of Sweden Receiving the Heavenly Emperor’s Book to Kings from Christ (Frontispiece to The Heavenly Emperor’s Book to Kings). New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.498, fol. 343v. Date: last quarter of 14th century. Photo: The Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum. MS M.498, fol. 343v. Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1912 202
- 7.4Initial with Author Portrait of St Birgitta of Sweden. Stockholm, Riksarkivet, E8801, fol. 3r. Date: first quarter of 15th century. Photo: Courtesy of the Swedish National Archives 208
- 7.5St Birgitta of Sweden Writing the Revelations / St Birgitta’s Revelation of the Nativity of Christ. Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Magl. ii. ii. 393, fol. 1r. Date: first quarter of 15th century. Photo: F. Thomas Luongo. Courtesy of Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze 211
- 7.6St Birgitta of Sweden Presents a Revelation from Christ to a Bishop. London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B i, fol. 117r. Date: first quarter of 15th century. Photo: © The British Library Board (Cotton MS Claudius B i) 213
- 7.7St John the Baptist Interprets a Vision of the Virgin to St Birgitta of Sweden. London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B i, fol. 34r. Date: first quarter of 15th century. Photo: © The British Library Board (Cotton MS Claudius B i) 215
- 7.8St Birgitta of Sweden’s Revelation of the Nativity of Christ. London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B i, fol. 270r. Date: first quarter of 15th century. Photo: © The British Library Board (Cotton MS Claudius B i) 216
- 7.9St Birgitta of Sweden Presenting the Rule of the Savior to Members of Her Order. Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, A 75, fol. 1v. Date: early 15th century. Photo: Courtesy of the Royal Library of Stockholm 220
- 8.1Agostino di Duccio. St Birgitta of Sweden Receiving the Rule. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Date: 1459. Photo: Asap Creative/Akg-Images 223
- 8.2Pietro di Miniato, Annunciation. Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Date: c. 1400. Photo: Asap Creative/Akg-Images/Orsi Battaglini 227
- 8.3Pietro di Miniato, Annunciation: The Scene of the Nativity. Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Date: c. 1400. Photo: Asap Creative/Akg-Images/Orsi Battaglini 229
- 8.4Andrea da Firenze, Via Veritatis (detail). Spanish Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Date: 1370. Photo: Asap Creative/© 2006 TopFoto/Alinari 232
- 8.5Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, St Birgitta, San Marco, Florence. Date: 1522. Photo: Asap Creative/Akg-Images/Rabatti & Domingie 245