Katerina's windows donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine Nun
Katerina's windows donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine Nun
Corine Schleif and Volker Schier
- XLIV, 579 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Looking through words, numbers, images, buildings, and melodies : glimpses of childhood and marriage, investment and donation, in the nuremberg of Katerina -- Imhoff Lemmel, 1466-1516 -- Disappearing behind veils and walls with windows : Katerina's rituals and rhetoric of passage in June 1516 -- Opening windows of communication : building and business, letters from 1516 -- Sitting at the window : news of shattered promises and bad returns : letters from February through July 1517 -- Windows of opportunity : bad times, singing for saffron, sights and sounds -- Scents and tastes, of commemoration : letters from August through December 1517 -- Writing by window light, singing by candlelight : Benefactions through windows to the world outside : letters from 1518 -- Windows under scrutiny : letters from 1519 -- Some good eyeglasses : letters from 1520-1522 -- Breaking windows : violent clashes in the Peasants' War of 1525 -- Now through a glass darkly, but then face to face : Katerina's last letter last words and last will -- Conclusion: Moving forward with a glance in the rearview mirro
"Examines 58 letters written by Katerina Lemmel, a wealthy Nuremberg widow, who in 1516 entered the abbey of Maria Mai in south Germany, and rebuilt the monastery using her own resources and the donations she solicited from relatives"--Provided by publisher
9780271033693 cloth : alk. paper
9780271033693
2008033414
Lemmel, Katerina--Correspondence
Lemmel, Katerina--Correspondence
Bridgettines--Germany
Bridgettines--Germany
Art--History--Germany
Music--History and criticism--Germany
Germany--Church history
Class of Spring 2016 John P. Birkelund Fellow in the Humanities Fellow
Briefsammlung
Quelle
NK5350.A1 BX4705.L5367
748.50943/37 B 271.97 700.94337809031 700
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Looking through words, numbers, images, buildings, and melodies : glimpses of childhood and marriage, investment and donation, in the nuremberg of Katerina -- Imhoff Lemmel, 1466-1516 -- Disappearing behind veils and walls with windows : Katerina's rituals and rhetoric of passage in June 1516 -- Opening windows of communication : building and business, letters from 1516 -- Sitting at the window : news of shattered promises and bad returns : letters from February through July 1517 -- Windows of opportunity : bad times, singing for saffron, sights and sounds -- Scents and tastes, of commemoration : letters from August through December 1517 -- Writing by window light, singing by candlelight : Benefactions through windows to the world outside : letters from 1518 -- Windows under scrutiny : letters from 1519 -- Some good eyeglasses : letters from 1520-1522 -- Breaking windows : violent clashes in the Peasants' War of 1525 -- Now through a glass darkly, but then face to face : Katerina's last letter last words and last will -- Conclusion: Moving forward with a glance in the rearview mirro
"Examines 58 letters written by Katerina Lemmel, a wealthy Nuremberg widow, who in 1516 entered the abbey of Maria Mai in south Germany, and rebuilt the monastery using her own resources and the donations she solicited from relatives"--Provided by publisher
9780271033693 cloth : alk. paper
9780271033693
2008033414
Lemmel, Katerina--Correspondence
Lemmel, Katerina--Correspondence
Bridgettines--Germany
Bridgettines--Germany
Art--History--Germany
Music--History and criticism--Germany
Germany--Church history
Class of Spring 2016 John P. Birkelund Fellow in the Humanities Fellow
Briefsammlung
Quelle
NK5350.A1 BX4705.L5367
748.50943/37 B 271.97 700.94337809031 700