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Domenico Veneziano
Madonna and Child with Saints
(Altarpiece for S. Lucia de’
Magnoli), c. 1445
to the Madonna paid tribute to her exemplary role
among women. Similar links between sacred and pro-
fane iconography are also found in representations of
trees and of orange trees. 4 8 In addition, Christian icono-
graphy throws light on the associations that an orange
tree, or any tree, can evoke if portrayed with a female
figure. In representations of the Madonna, the orange
tree was taken as a reference to the immaculate concep-
tion or as an allusion to paradise. In medieval manu-
scripts such as the Liberßoridus or the Speculum Virginum,
Mary, as the radix virtutum (root of virtue), was shown
directly linked to the Tree of Virtue, creating an im-
mediate connection with the Mother of God and the
tree growing out of her body 49 (see p. 59). Certain
Christian symbols could be transferred to profane
iconography: a tree represented the virtuous qualities of
a bride. Among trees of virtue and of life, the orange tree
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Madonna and Child with Saints
(Altarpiece for S. Lucia de’
Magnoli), c. 1445
to the Madonna paid tribute to her exemplary role
among women. Similar links between sacred and pro-
fane iconography are also found in representations of
trees and of orange trees. 4 8 In addition, Christian icono-
graphy throws light on the associations that an orange
tree, or any tree, can evoke if portrayed with a female
figure. In representations of the Madonna, the orange
tree was taken as a reference to the immaculate concep-
tion or as an allusion to paradise. In medieval manu-
scripts such as the Liberßoridus or the Speculum Virginum,
Mary, as the radix virtutum (root of virtue), was shown
directly linked to the Tree of Virtue, creating an im-
mediate connection with the Mother of God and the
tree growing out of her body 49 (see p. 59). Certain
Christian symbols could be transferred to profane
iconography: a tree represented the virtuous qualities of
a bride. Among trees of virtue and of life, the orange tree
61