List of Figures
13.1
The village chapel of Kovero, North Karelia. A woman is decorating the icon of the Mother of God of Valaam
13.2
A
panikhida
(memorial service for the departed) celebrated at the Pörtsämö forest graveyard, North Karelia, after a procession by boat, August 2015
13.3
Orthodox women during a procession by boat in Hoilola, North Karelia, August 2015
13.4
The Orthodox church of Nellim, one of the Skolt Sámi villages in Finnish Lapland. August 2014
13.5
Skolt Sámi women and other participants in the liturgy at the Sevettijärvi Orthodox church during the pilgrimage of St Tryphon of Pechenga, August 2017. His icon is in the front. The Metropolitan Elia of Oulu is preaching
14.1
Catholic Girls holding the icon of Mary, the celebrations of the end of May
14.2
The statue of Mariam Bawardy
14.3
Our Lady of Palestine
14.4
Our Lady on the Wall
14.5
The Icon of the
Theotokos
17.1
The fresco of the Widow Turtura: Catacombs of Commodilla (sixth century)
17.2
Part of the surviving portion of the
Palimpsest Madonna
fresco (
c
. 550–580): on the right side of the triumphal arch, St Maria Antiqua
17.3
Detail of mosaic of Mary as an orant: Funerary Chapel at Old St Peter’s
17.4
The
Madonna della Clemenza
: Altemps Chapel at St Maria in Trastevere
17.5
Apsidal mosaic of Mary crowned and seated beside Christ: St Maria in Trastevere
17.6
Empress Zoe, detail of mosaic on the balcony: Hagia Sofia, Constantinople
17.7
Mary enthroned identified as Maria Regina with Christ-child and popes including Pope Hadrian I: the atrium of St Maria Antiqua
17.8
Plan of St Maria Antiqua
17.9
Subtraction image of the
Palimpsest Madonna
fresco with later areas removed and the destroyed left section of the fresco reconstructed
17.10
Mary enthroned with Christ-child on lap, with saints, Pope Zaccaria, and Primicerius Theodotus: ‘Theodotus Chapel’, St Maria Antiqua
17.11
Dormition and Coronation of the Virgin: St Maria Maggiore Apse
17.12
Drawing of mural in St Nicholas Chapel at the Lateran Palace
29.1
Immaculate Conception, sixteenth century. Franciscan Convent, Huejotzingo, State of Puebla. The Virgin is surrounded by all the usual symbols of her immaculate condition
29.2
Immaculate Conception, seventeenth century. Heidelberg, Germany
29.3
Immaculate Conception: Miguel Vallejo, eighteenth century. Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City
29.4
Immaculate Conception as protector of the Catholic faith: Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz, eighteenth century. Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City
29.5
Our Lady of the Rosary (sculpture, polychrome wood), Indo-Portuguese art, eighteenth century. Indo-Portuguese Museum, Bishop’s House, Cochin, Kerala, India
29.6
Durga. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
29.7
Goddess on a serpent throne. Tamil Nadu
29.8
Oratory (polychrome wood and ivory). Indo-Portuguese art, eighteenth century. Museu de Evora
29.9
Our Lady of Refuge Ellacurichi. Shrine of Our Lady of Refuge, Ellacurichi, Tamil Nadu
42.1
Photo of the ‘Garden of Paradise’ with the sacred pear tree at San Damiano. Postcard, 1968
42.2
Miracle photo taken by Anne van Dijk on the feast day of the antimodernist Pope Pius X, 1971
42.3
Copies of pilgrimaging statues of Maria Rosa Mystica of Montichiari-Fontanelle waiting to be blessed by Mary herself on the thirteenth of the month, 2000