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English translation: (picture of the) Madonna / Blessed Virgin


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German term or phrase:Maria-Hilf-Bild
English translation:(picture of the) Madonna / Blessed Virgin
Entered by: Gert Sass (M.A.)
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12:12 Sep 20, 2010
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: Maria-Hilf-Bild
Is there an English term for these pictures? (see link)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria,_Hilfe_der_Christen#Ikono...
Lesley Robertson
Austria
Local time: 03:56
(picture of the) Madonna / Blessed Virgin
Explanation:
Why not go the safest way?
Pending further context (i. e. reference to Cranach/German Marian art implied or not?), you may wish to add „in Mariahilf tradition“ or the like.
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Gert Sass (M.A.)
Local time: 03:56
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Summary of answers provided
4(picture of the) Madonna / Blessed Virgin
Gert Sass (M.A.)
4Maria Hilf ( St. Mary of Succor)
Benedetta Bronz
3(miraculous) image of Madonna and Child
Vere Barzilai
3an image of Mary Help of Christians
Michael Wetzel
3 -1Image /picture /painting of Our Lady or Mother of Perpetual Helpfranglish


Discussion entries: 2





  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
an image of Mary Help of Christians


Explanation:
These are certainly the same concepts (compare the Wikipedia pages = same feast day and description of its origin). However, I could not get any satisfying results for this as a title of artworks, so there may be another term that is standard in this context.

The Latin is: "Sancta Maria Auxilium Christianorum", but that didn't help either.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Help_of_Christians
Michael Wetzel
Germany
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Maria Hilf ( St. Mary of Succor)


Explanation:
the English name is always in brackets next to the original German name.. hope it helps

http://books.google.it/books?id=5hdsVl8cBgwC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA9...

Benedetta Bronz
Italy
Local time: 03:56
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Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Wetzel: I was also wondering about this, but it seems strange to give a German name to an international iconographical tradition. Does this translation come up anywhere except for the Cranach in Innsbruck?
10 mins
neutral  Kphred: I agree with Michael here. This would be the proper format if "Maria Hilf" were originally a German. Otherwise, we would have to write "Weihnachten (Christmas)" thus implying that Christmas were a German institution etc.
20 mins
  -> yes, I agree with you... I was also wondering..I found that "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" and "Our Lady of Soccur" are synonims that describe the iconographical subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Perpetual_Help
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Image /picture /painting of Our Lady or Mother of Perpetual Help


Explanation:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (or of Succour) or Our Mother of Perpetual Help is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, associated with a Byzantine icon of ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Perpetual_Help -

While we may not know the exact origins of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, ... Mary made her opinion of this situation known by appearing to the Roman in a ...
www.stmaryofperpetualhelp.com/icon.html -

Cranach, The Marriage of Catherine of Alexandria to Christ, Christian Iconography Learn how to identify the saints in ... The Virgin Mary: Birth, Childhood, Betrothal and Marriage ... Our Lady of Perpetual Help · Our Lady of the Rosary ...
www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/index.html - United States -

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Maria Hilf). Original Oil Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1536 - Panel Two / Deutsch: Jungfrau mit Kind, “Maria Hilf” ...
picasaweb.google.com/.../THREESISTERSTerraCottaSculptureByMaricaHefti02 -

Our Lady of Perpetual Help or “Maria-Hilf” (upper right-hand corner). After a painting by Lucas Cranach, the Elder (original copy in the artist's ...
earthandfire-marica.blogspot.com/ -



franglish
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Wetzel: Also thought about this answer, but it seems to refer to a specific work and not an iconographic tradition. Or do the two unlinked references look reasonably authoritative?
12 mins
  -> Good point. More googling later and no, none really authoritative. In fact, most links (tourism basically) don't translate it.
disagree  Annie and Rolf Reiser: the name 'Mariahilfbild' or 'Mariahilf' must be included
6 hrs
  -> I don't know about must, but then hyphenated.
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1 day2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(picture of the) Madonna / Blessed Virgin


Explanation:
Why not go the safest way?
Pending further context (i. e. reference to Cranach/German Marian art implied or not?), you may wish to add „in Mariahilf tradition“ or the like.


Gert Sass (M.A.)
Local time: 03:56
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1 day4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(miraculous) image of Madonna and Child


Explanation:
all Mariahilf Bilder show the Virgin Mary with child .


Vere Barzilai
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Oct 1, 2010 - Changes made by Gert Sass (M.A.):
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