An edition of Katerina's windows (2009)

Katerina's windows

donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine Nun

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An edition of Katerina's windows (2009)

Katerina's windows

donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine Nun

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"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.

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Pennsylvania State University Press
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Subjects
Art, Bridgettines, Church history, Correspondence, History, History and criticism, Music, Art, german, Music, german, Germany, church history, Music, history and criticism, Stained glass windows, Art donors, Art patronage
People
Christoph Fürer, Hans IV Imhoff, Imhoff Family of Nuremberg, Katerina Lemmel, Willibald Pirckheimer
Places
Bamberg, Franconia, Germany, Maihingen, Nuremberg, Ries

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Cover of: Katerina's windows
Katerina's windows: donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine Nun
2009, Pennsylvania State University Press
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Table of Contents

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 mirror.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
748.50943/37 B 22
Library of Congress
NK5350.A1 S35 2009, BX4705.L5367A4 2008, BX4705.L5367 A4 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL21836719M
Internet Archive
katerinaswindows0000schl
ISBN 13
9780271033693
LCCN
2008033414
OCLC/WorldCat
242561765
Goodreads
7076313

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