One of the joys of a library is the things you notice out of the corner of your eye. I couldn't resist a book 
called The Female Crucifix, and once I saw the plates I was hooked. Turns out Santa Librada, whom some of us know from Marcella Althaus-Reid's work, has antecedents in central Europe. Ilse E. Friesen's book documents many centuries of Jesuses with feminine bodies and crucified women sprouting Jesus-like beards. Lordy!
