Santità per immagini. Iconografia e funzione della tavola della beata Margherita del Museo Diocesano di Cortona

It is still possible to make some new points about the iconography and the function of the vita-icon of the Blessed Margherita in the Diocesan Museum of Cortona. This paper reanalyzes the iconography of the scenes painted on the sides and under the figure of the saint from Cortona. Their independence from the official source written by Giunta Bevegnati leads one to date the painting to the years immediately following Margherita’s death (1297). The second part of the paper discusses the function of the vita-icon in the sacred space of the ancient church of San Basilio.