Vested Angels

Author : Maurice Basil McNamee
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 9042900075

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Vested Angels by Maurice Basil McNamee Pdf

Mc Namee's detailed and well illustrated new study is about eucharistic symbolism in Early Netherlandish painting. It focuses on the pervading presence of the vested angel in this school of painting and its eucharistic significance. These angels, dressed in every possible variation of the vestements of the subministers of the traditional Solemn High Mass, are represented as serving the Christ in each episode of His life. The history of the vested angel is traced through numerous paintings representing scenes from the life of Christ' from the Annunciation through the Last Judgement. The theological basis of this study is offered in a discussion of Maurice de la Taille's Mysterium Fidei, a theory of Mass that best parallels the concept of Eucharistic symbolism in Early Netherlandish painting. Colour illustrations and over a hundred photographs of the original paintings help the reader to follow this fascinating analysis.

Author : Carolyn Marino Malone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047405313

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Façade as Spectacle: Ritual and Ideology at Wells Cathedral by Carolyn Marino Malone Pdf

This interdisciplinary study interprets the façade of Wells Cathedral as an integral part of thirteenth-century Church liturgy and politics. The façade promoted the aims of the church of Wells, the Fourth Lateran Council, and the English Church and State following Magna Carta.

Author : Dylan David Potter
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227176313

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Angelology by Dylan David Potter Pdf

Angels have fascinated people for millennia because they point to an invisible dimension that parallels our own. This book examines the different ways that angels have been portrayed at certain key points in biblical and theological history. By tracing patterns in the appearance of higher-order beings from their ancient Near Eastern origins, the Hebrew Scriptures, the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, Thomas Aquinas, Karl Barth, and even modern New Age writers, Angelology demonstrates that angels allow various authors to emphasise divine transcendence, immanence, and creativity. Identifying the theological purpose underlying the depiction of angels at certain key points in the history of their use raises new questions about how angels are to be understood by people today.

Author : Margaret Barker
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567600585

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Great High Priest by Margaret Barker Pdf

Margaret Barker has been researching and writing about the Jerusalem temple for over twenty years. Many of her studies have remained unpublished. Here for the first time her work on the roots of Christian liturgy has been brought together.Whereas most scholarship has concentrated upon the synagogue, Margaret Barker's work on the Jerusalem temple contributes significantly to our understanding of the meaning and importance of many elements of Christian liturgy which have hitherto remained obscure. This book opens up a new field of research.The many subjects addressed include the roots of the Eucharist in various temple rituals and offerings other than Passover, the meaning of the holy of holies and the Christian sanctuary, the cosmology of temple and church, the significance of the Veil of the Temple for understanding priesthood and Incarnation, the Holy Wisdom and the Mother of God, angels and priesthood, the concept of unity, the high priestly tradition in the early church and evidence that Christianity was a conscious continuation of the temple.All scholars and students whose interest encompasses the origins of Christian (and Orthodox) liturgy, the Old Testament, early Christianity, Jewish Christian relations, Platonism and the origins of Islam will find this book a hugely rewarding source of information and new ideas.

Author : Barbara von Barghahn
Publisher : Pindar Press
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781915837042

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Jan van Eyck and Portugal's 'Illustrious Generation' by Barbara von Barghahn Pdf

This book investigates Jan Van Eyck's patronage by the Crown of Portugal and his role as diplomat-painter for the Duchy of Burgundy following his first voyage to Lisbon in 1428-1429, when he painted two portraits of Infanta Isabella, who became the third wife of Philip the Good in 1430. New portrait identifications are provided for the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and its iconographical prototype, the lost Fountain of Life. These altarpieces are analysed with regard to King Joao I's conquest of Ceuta, achieved by his sons, who were hailed as an "illustrious generation." Strong family ties between the dynastic houses of Avis and Lancaster explain Lusitania's sustained fascination with Arthurian lore and the Grail quest. Several chapters of this book are overlaid with a chivalric veneer. A second "secret mission" to Portugal in 1437 by Jan van Eyck is postulated and this diplomatic visit is related to Prince Henry the Navigator's expedition to Tangier and King Duarte's attempts to forge an alliance with Alfonso V of Aragon. Late Eyckian commissions are reviewed in the light of this ill-fated crusade and additional new portraits are identified. The most significant artist of Renaissance Flanders appears to have been patronized as much by the House of Avis as by the Duchy of Burgundy. Barbara von Barghahn is Professor of Art History at George Washington University and a specialist in the art history of Portugal, Spain, and their colonial dominions, as well as Flanders. In 1993, she was conferred O Grao Comendador in the Portuguese Order of Prince Henry the Navigator. She has spent nearly a decade completing research about Jan van Eyck's diplomatic visits to the Iberian Peninsula.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89012198412

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Mosher's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:79241033

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The Catholic Reading Circle Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith H. Oliver,Gisela (von Kerssenbrock.)
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122433175

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Singing with Angels by Judith H. Oliver,Gisela (von Kerssenbrock.) Pdf

A prized possession of the Cistercian convent of Marienbrunn in Rulle near Osnabruck in northern Germany was its richly illuminated gradual dating to c. 1300, which is of great significance in the history of medieval art for several reasons. With 52 historiated initials iconographically complex in their literary quotations from the liturgy, the manuscript ranks as one of the most lavishly decorated books of its type to survive. Painted in an elegant courtly Gothic style, it is ascribed in a prefatory inscription to the nun Gisela von Kerssenbrock, who wrote, notated, and decorated the manuscript "with golden letters and beautiful images." Such an encyclopedic listing of a scribe-artist's labors is unparalleled in medieval scribal colophons. The high quality of the miniatures ranks her among the most gifted women artists of the Middle Ages. Gisela is depicted in two self-portraits within the manuscript, in one of which she is leading the nuns of Rulle in singing the Christmas hymn, visual evidence that she was the choirmistress at this convent. The manuscript's images reflect the intellectual ambience of encloistered nuns who were steeped in the annual liturgical cycle of feasts with its associated bible readings, theological commentary, sermons, music, dramatic ritual, and artistic decoration. As it was used in the nuns' daily celebration of the mass, the book is an eloquent witness of the communal religious life of medieval women rather than their private meditations or mystical experiences.This study explores the imagery and texts associated with major feasts of the liturgical year and the novel ways in which music and text are woven into the artistic program of Gisela's manuscript. In particular, her book shows the seminal importance of the Easter celebration for convent life, as well over half of its illustrations are clustered in the Easter season; and the manuscript repeatedly gives artistic expression to the nuns' hopes of heaven.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004401792

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Interreligious Encounters in Polemics between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Iberia and Beyond by Anonim Pdf

This book focuses on polemical religious texts of Iberia’s long fifteenth century, a period characterized by both social violence and cultural exchange. It highlights how polemical texts often reveal the interconnected nature of social and cultural intimacy, promoting dialogue and cultural transfer.

Author : William Cleaver Wilkinson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3315638

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The Epic of Paul by William Cleaver Wilkinson Pdf

The action of The Epic of Paul begins with that conspiracy formed at Jerusalem against the life of the apostle which in the sequel led to a prolonged suspension of his free missionary career. It embraces the incidents of his removal from Jerusalem to Cæsarea, of his imprisonment at the latter place, of his journey to Rome for trial before Cæsar, and of his final martyrdom. The design of the poem as a whole is to present, through conduct on Paul's part and through speech from him, a living portrait of the man that he was, together with a reflex of his most central and most characteristic teaching.

Author : Edward Bishop Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Bible
ISBN : NLS:V000572720

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Apocalypsis Alfordiana; Or, Five Letters to the Very Rev. H. Alford ... in Refutation of His Apocalyptic Exposition, and Vindication from His Criticisms of that Given in the "Horae Apocalypticae:" Together with a Brief Critical Inquiry Into the Literary Character, and Trustworthiness, of His General Greek New Testament Commentary by Edward Bishop Elliott Pdf

Author : Philippa Turner,Jane Hawkes
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781783275526

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The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland, C.800-c.1500 by Philippa Turner,Jane Hawkes Pdf

New readings demonstrate the centrality of the rood to the visual, material and devotional cultures of the Middle Ages, its richness and complexity.

Author : William Audsley,George Ashdown Audsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Architecture
ISBN : COLUMBIA:0036692891

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Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts by William Audsley,George Ashdown Audsley Pdf

Author : Gerald A. Benjamin,Joel B. Margulis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471717409

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Angel Capital by Gerald A. Benjamin,Joel B. Margulis Pdf

Get the business insight that has raised millions in capital funding for over 50,000 entrepreneurs. If you're an entrepreneur or own a small, fast-growing businesses, Angel Capital provides a complete toolkit for raising capital in today's challenging economic landscape. The authors, who manage the largest angel network in the U.S., offer real-world advice on how to find investors and take control of the private placement process. Using revolutionary typology and unmatched proprietary research, they explain all stages of raising capital, from valuation to negotiation to due diligence. In addition, you'll find a comprehensive directory of alternative capital resources, based on research of over 2,000 organizations, and a legal appendix that serves as a short course in exempt offerings and provides the skills needed to have success with any early-stage business venture or investment. Order your copy today.

Author : Shirley Neilsen Blum
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780789260505

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The New Art of the Fifteenth Century: Faith and Art in Florence and The Netherlands by Shirley Neilsen Blum Pdf

A fresh look at the early Renaissance, considering Florentine and Netherlandish art as a single phenomenon, at once deeply spiritual and entirely new. Adam and Eve are driven from the Garden of Eden into a rocky landscape, their naked bodies lit by a cold sun, their gestures and expressions a study in shame and anguish. A serious man, well attired, kneels in prayer before the Virgin and Child, close enough to touch them almost, his furrowed brow setting off the saintly perfection of their features. In fifteenth-century Florence and Flanders, painters were using an arsenal of new techniques—including perspective, anatomy, and the accurate treatment of light and shade—to present traditional religious subjects with an unprecedented immediacy and emotional power. Their art was the product of a shared Christian culture, and their patrons included not only nobles and churchmen but also the middle classes of these thriving commercial centers. Shirley Neilsen Blum offers a new synthesis of this remarkable period in Western art—between the refinements of the Gothic and the classicism of the High Renaissance—when the mystical was made to seem real. In the first part of her text, Blum traces the emergence of a new naturalism in the sculpture of Claus Sluter and Donatello, and then in the painting of Van Eyck and Masaccio. In the second part, she compares scenes from the Infancy and Passion of Christ as rendered by artists from North and South. Exploring both the images themselves and the theological concepts that lie behind them, she re-creates, as far as possible, the experience of the contemporary fifteenth-century viewer. Abundantly illustrated with color plates of masterworks by Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Rogier van der Weyden, and others, this thought-provoking volume will appeal equally to general readers and students of art history.