Katerina's Windows - Donation and Devotion, Art and Music, as Heard and Seen in the Writings of a Birgittine Nun

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.

About the author

Corine Schleif is Professor of Art History at Arizona State University.Volker Schier is a musicologist and research associate with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Katerina Lemmel, Volker Schier, Schier Volker, Corine Schleif, Schleif Corine
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2009
• EAN: 9780271033693
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03369-3
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 50 mm
• Weight: 2223 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig, Karten, Schaubilder
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, MUSIC / Religious / General, History of Art, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music