Research Catalog

Title

Quid est sacramentum? : visual representation of sacred mysteries in early modern Europe, 1400-1700 / edited by Walter S. Melion, Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Lee Palmer Wandel.

Publication

• Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Melion, Walter S.
• Pastan, Elizabeth Carson, 1955-
• Wandel, Lee Palmer
• Wise, Elliott D., 1982-

Description

xxx, 662 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"Quid est sacramentum?' Visual Representation of Sacred Mysteries in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1700 investigates how sacred mysteries (in Latin, sacramenta or mysteria) were visualized in a wide range of media, including illustrated religious literature such as catechisms, prayerbooks, meditative treatises, and emblem books, produced in Italy, France, and the Low Countries between ca. 1500 and 1700. The contributors ask why the mysteries of faith and, in particular, sacramental mysteries were construed as amenable to processes of representation and figuration, and why the resultant images were thought capable of engaging mortal eyes, minds, and hearts. Mysteries by their very nature appeal to the spirit, rather than to sense or reason, since they operate beyond the limitations of the human faculties; and yet, the visual and literary arts served as vehicles for the dissemination of these mysteries and for prompting reflection upon them. Contributors include: David Areford, AnnMarie Micikas Bridges, Mette Birkedal Bruun, James Clifton, Anna Dlabačková, Wim François, Robert Kendrick, Aiden Kumler, Noria Litaker, Walter S. Melion, Lars Cyril Nørgaard, Elizabeth Pastan, Donna Sadler, Alexa Sand, Tanya Tiffany, Lee Palmer Wandel, Geert Warner, Bronwen Wilson, and Elliott Wise"--

Series Statement

Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture ; volume 65

Uniform Title

Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 65.

Alternative Title

Visual representation of sacred mysteries in early modern Europe, 1400-1700

Subjects

• Art and society
• History
• Art and society > Europe > History
• Sacraments in art
• Christian art and symbolism > Europe
• Europe

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Quid est sacramentum? : introduction / Walter S. Melion -- Counterfeiting the Eucharist in late medieval life and art / Aden Kumler -- Vestments in the mass / Lee Palmer Wandel -- 'In the flesh a mirror of spiritual blessings' : Calvin's defence of the Lord's Supper as a visual accommodation / AnnMarie M. Bridges -- 'Mystery' or 'sacrament' : Ephesians 5:32, the sacrament of marriage in early modern biblical scholarship, and Nicolas Poussin's visual exegesis / Wim François -- Hoc est corpus meum : whole-body catacomb saints and Eucharistic doctrine in Baroque Bavaria / Noria K. Litaker -- Staging sacramental consolation in Vienna / Robert L. Kendrick -- Seeing beyond signs : allegorical explanations of the mass in medieval Dutch literature / Anna Dlabačová -- Representing architecture in the altarpiece : fictions, strategies, and mysteries / Elizabeth Carson Pastan -- Orchestrating polyphony at the altar : passion altarpieces in late medieval France / Donna L. Sadler -- God's design : painting and piety in the Vida of Estefanía de la Encarnación (ca. 1597-1665) / Tanya J. Tiffany -- Amber, blood, and the holy face of Jesus : the materiality of devotion in late medieval Bruges / Elliott D. Wise, Matthew Havili -- Anchoring the appearance of the sacred : the Abbot of Choisy & his translation of the Imitatio Christi (1692) / Lars Cyril Nørgaard -- Spiritual and material conversions : Federico Barocci's Christ and Mary Magdalene / Bronwen Wilson -- The fine art of dying : envisioning death in the Somme Le Roi tradition / Alexa Sand -- Christ child creator / David S. Areford -- Lady Scripture's sacred commitments : dialogic understanding in Dutch religious literature of the late fifteenth century / Geert Warnar -- Coemeterium Schola : the emblematic imagery of death in Jan David, S.J.'s Veridicus Christianus / Walter S. Melion -- The limits of 'mute theology' : Charles Le Brun's lecture on Nicolas Poussin's Ecstasy of Saint Paul revisited / James Clifton -- A private mystery : looking at Philippe de Champaigne's Annunciation for the Hôtel de Chavigny / Mette Birkedal Bruun.
• Representing the sacraments -- Sacramental modes of representation -- Representing divine presence and the mysteries of faith.
• Part 1. Representing the sacraments. Counterfeiting the Eucharist in late medieval life and art / Aden Kumler -- Vestments in the Mass / Lee Palmer Wandel -- 'In the flesh a mirror of spiritual blessings' : Calvin's Defence of the Lord's Supper as a visual accommodation / AnnMarie M. Bridges -- 'Mystery' or 'sacrament' : Ephesians 5:32, the sacrament of marriage in early modern biblical scholarship, and Nicolas Poussin's visual exegesis / Wim François -- Hoc est corpus meum: whole-body catacomb saints and eucharistic doctrine in Baroque Bavaria / Noria K. Litaker -- Staging sacramental consolation in Vienna / Robert L. Kendrick.
• Part 2. Sacramental modes of representation. seeing beyond signs : allegorical explanations of the Mass in Medieval Dutch literature / Anna Dlabačová -- Representing architecture in the altarpiece : fictions, strategies, and mysteries / Elizabeth Carson Pastan -- Orchestrating polyphony at the altar : passion altarpieces in late medieval France / Donna L. Sadler -- God's design : painting and piety in the Vida of Estefanía de la Encarnación (ca. 1597-1665) / Tanya J. Tiffany -- Amber, blood, and the holy face of Jesus : the materiality of devotion in late medieval Bruges / Elliott D. Wise and Matthew Havili -- Anchoring the appearance of the sacred : the Abbot of Choisy & his translation of the Imitatio Christi (1692) / Lars Cyril Nørgaard -- Spiritual and material conversions : Federico Barocci's Christ and Mary Magdalene / Bronwen Wilson.
• Part 3. Representing divine presence and the mysteries of faith. The fine art of dying : envisioning death in the Somme le Roi tradition / Alexa Sand -- Christ child creator / David S. Areford -- Lady scripture's sacred commitments: dialogic understanding in Dutch religious literature of the late fifteenth century / Geert Warnar -- Coemeterium schola : the emblematic imagery of death in Jan David, S.J.'s Veridicus Christianus / Walter S. Melion -- The limits of 'mute theology': Charles Le Brun's lecture on Nicolas Poussin's Ecstasy of Saint Paul revisited / James Clifton -- A Private mystery : looking at Philippe de Champaigne's Annunciation for the Hôtel de Chavigny / Mette Birkedal Bruun.

Call Number

JQE 20-602

ISBN

• 9789004408937
• 9004408932
• 9789004408944 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019024728

OCLC

1108817506

Title

Quid est sacramentum? : visual representation of sacred mysteries in early modern Europe, 1400-1700 / edited by Walter S. Melion, Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Lee Palmer Wandel.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture ; volume 65

Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 65.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Melion, Walter S., editor, writer of introduction.

Pastan, Elizabeth Carson, 1955- editor.

Wandel, Lee Palmer, editor.

Wise, Elliott D., 1982- contributor. UPB

Other Form:

Online version: Quid est sacramentum? Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. 9789004408944 (DLC) 2019024729

Research Call Number

JQE 20-602