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
by Katerina Lemmel, Corine Schleif, and Volker Schier
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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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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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027103369X 9780271033693
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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.
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