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Book of honors for Empress Maria of Austria : composed by the College of the Society of Jesus of Madrid on the occasion of her death (1603)

Title: Book of honors for Empress Maria of Austria : composed by the College of the Society of Jesus of Madrid on the occasion of her death (1603) / a translation with an introductory study and facsimile of the emblems prepared by Antonio Bernat Vistarini, John T. Cull, and Tamás Sajó.
Publication: Philadelphia : Saint Joseph's University Press, ©2011.

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240 pages, [38] pages of plates : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

"The Book of Honors for Empress María of Austria is a chronicle of the remarkable celebrations organized by the Jesuit Colegio de San Pedro y San Pablo in Madrid to honor the piety and generosity of its major benefactor after her death in 1603. María bequeathed virtually the whole of her estate to the Jesuits in Madrid, including a parcel of land where the Jesuit Fathers built their new College, opened in 1608. The Jesuits of Madrid educated the likes of Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Francisco de Quevedo, and many other illustrious Spaniards from all walks of life. Maria de Austria's legacy, therefore, was to have an enormous impact on Spanish Golden Age literature and culture. Following the conventions of the highly specialized genre of royal funeral exequies, the Book of Honors includes an encomiastic dedication by the Rector of the College to the house of Austria and to María's daughter, Margaret of Austria, like her mother, a nun of the Discalced Order of St. Clara of Madrid. This is followed by a description of the catafalque and the decoration of the church. The book then reproduces a lengthy Latin prayer delivered by the Jesuit theologian Juan Luis de la Cerda. The funeral sermon follows, preached by the Jesuit Jerónimo de Florencia. While much of the rest of the book consists of an anthology of the poems crafted by the Jesuit Fathers and their pupils to honor the empress, the most unique and interesting aspect of the book is the description and reproduction of the 36 hieroglyphs or emblems that were mounted on the walls of the church as part of the decorative iconographical program. They were intended as visual reinforcements for the main points of the funeral sermon, resulting in a highly original interconnection between the spoken word and the visual appeal of the series of emblematic images."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series ; v. 5

Uniform Title

Libro de las honras que hizo el Colegio de la Copañía de Jesús de Madrid, a la M.C. de la Emperatriz Doña María de Austria ... English.
Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series ; v. 5.

Subject

Note

Translated from the Spanish.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFF 17-2001

ISBN

9780916101732
0916101738

LCCN

2011024461
40020400392

OCLC

731192087

Title

Book of honors for Empress Maria of Austria : composed by the College of the Society of Jesus of Madrid on the occasion of her death (1603) / a translation with an introductory study and facsimile of the emblems prepared by Antonio Bernat Vistarini, John T. Cull, and Tamás Sajó.

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series ; v. 5

Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series ; v. 5.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Geschichte 1603.

Added Author

Bernat Vistarini, Antonio.

Cull, John T.

Sajó, Tamás.

Other Standard Identifier

40020400392

Research Call Number

JFF 17-2001

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