#by which i just mean that if you're looking for medieval portrayals of female friendship/intimacy then this is where you will make a find

[cuties-in-codices]

mary & elizabeth

from a cycle of miniatures, possibly originally preceding a psalter, muri (?), first half of the 12th c.

source: Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 83, fol. 2r

#you know. idk if anybody has ever done a queer reading of the medieval mary/elizabeth iconography #but it should be done #if you're looking for christian iconography that lends itself to being reclaimed as sapphic this is absolutely the place to start imho #by which i just mean that if you're looking for medieval portrayals of female friendship/intimacy then this is where you will make a find #not that it needs to be sexualized or that it was intended that way #i hope y'all understand where i'm coming from #12th century #mary #st elizabeth #saints #mary and elizabeth #medieval art