Lemmel, Katerina. Katerina's windows : donation and devotion, art and music, as heard and seen through the writings of a Birgittine nun

Folger bibliographic ID: 230120
Folger call number: BX4705.L5367 A4 2009
Folger holdings ID: 276329

"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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Includes bibliographical references and index

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

Extended title: 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

Lemmel, Katerina Art Music Germany Bridgettines

author: Lemmel, Katerina
subject: Lemmel, Katerina
subject: Bridgettines
associated with: Schleif, Corine
associated with: Schier, Volker