spasme

Updated: May 28, 2025

This incident gave rise to one of the mournful festivals of the Passion Week, under the title, in French, of Notre Dame du Spasme or de la Pamoison; in Italian La Madonna dello Spasimo, or Il Pianto di Maria; and this is the title given to some of those representations in which the affliction of Mary is a prominent part of the tragic interest of the scene.

Mrs. (Anna) Jameson - Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts