Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Graph
Abbreviations
Note to the Reader
Introduction
1 Ora pro me: The Forms and Locations of Devotional Portraits in Early Netherlandish Painting
?1?From the Outside to the Inside: The Location of Portraits within the Physical Spaces of the Work
2 Via ad Deum: Devotional Portraiture and the Spiritual Journey
?1?Spiritual Progress and the Meditative Process in the Medieval Religious Tradition
?2?The Devotee on the Path
?3?The Goal of the Spiritual Journey and the Status of the Sacred Space
3 Ascensiones in corde disposuit: Devotional Portraiture and Spiritual Ascent
?1?Mise en Mots and Mise en Image of the Spiritual Ascent in the Medieval Spiritual Tradition
?2?The Theme of the Spiritual Ascent in Devotional Literature of the Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages
?3?Mise en Image of the Spiritual Ascent in Early Netherlandish Painting
?4?Petrus Christus' Exeter Madonna, an Emblematic Case of Spiritual Ascent
?5?The Diptych of Lodovico Portinari and the Visualisation of the Meditative Process
4 Eene vergaderinghe van twee personen die comen van diverschen staden: Devotional Portraiture, Union with God and Spiritual Perfection
?1?The Outcome of the Contemplative Process: Spiritual Perfection, Union with God and the Ghemeine Leven
?2?Devotional Portraiture and the Visualisation of Spiritual Perfection
?3?The Van der Burch Triptych of Jan Provoost, an Exemplary Image of Spiritual Perfection
5 In spiritualem quandam armoniam: Devotional Portraiture and the Role of Images in the Meditative Process
?1?The Place of Images in Late Medieval Meditative Theory and Practices
?2?Geert Grote's Tractatus de Quattuor Generibus Meditabilium, the Ghemeine Leven and the Status of Images
Conclusions
Bibliography
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