Katerina's windows
Subtitle: donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine Nun
By: Corine Schleif and Volker Schier.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 579
ISBN-13: 9780271033693
Subjects: Lemmel, Katerina -- Correspondence; Bridgettines -- Germany; Art -- Germany -- History; Music -- Germany -- History and criticism; Germany -- Church history
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Looking through words, numbers, images, buildings, and melodies : glimpses of childhood and marriage, investment and donation, in the nuremberg of Katerina; title: Imhoff Lemmel, 1466-1516; title: Disappearing behind veils and walls with windows : Katerina's rituals and rhetoric of passage in June 1516; title: Opening windows of communication : building and business, letters from 1516; title: Sitting at the window : news of shattered promises and bad returns : letters from February through July 1517; title: Windows of opportunity : bad times, singing for saffron, sights and sounds; title: Scents and tastes, of commemoration : letters from August through December 1517; title: Writing by window light, singing by candlelight : Benefactions through windows to the world outside : letters from 1518; title: Windows under scrutiny : letters from 1519; title: Some good eyeglasses : letters from 1520-1522; title: Breaking windows : violent clashes in the Peasants' War of 1525; title: Now through a glass darkly, but then face to face : Katerina's last letter last words and last will; title: Conclusion: Moving forward with a glance in the rearview mirror.