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However, no more official condemnation of the belief in the incident came, and although new depictions were fewer, existing ones remained in place, including many in
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that the Virgin stood beside the cross, an act of endurance that would have required exceptional strength. Furthermore, even a less serious faint or 'spasimo' would have been incompatible with the Grace that enabled the Virgin to suffer with her full mind".
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estimates that "about half of the surviving paintings of the
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A fainting Mary is sometimes shown in art as early as the 12th century, and becomes common by the middle of the 13th century. For example there is one in the
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The examples illustrated show more complete fainting, but in many images the Virgin remains standing, supported by St John, the
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