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Overlooking Lago di Orta in the foothills of the Northern Italian Alps, the Renaissance-era Sacro Monte di Orta (a UNESCO World Heritage site) is spectacle and hagiography, theme park and treatise. Sacro Monte di Orta is a sacred mountain complex that extolls the life of St. Francis of Assisi through fresco, statuary, and built environment. Descending from the vision of the 16th-century Archbishop Carlo Borromeo, the design and execution of the chapels express the Catholic Church’s desire to define, or, perhaps redefine itself for a transforming Christian diaspora. And in the struggle to provide a spiritual and geographical front against the spread of Protestantism into the Italian peninsula, the Catholic Church mustered the most powerful weapon it had: the widely popular native Italian saint, Francis of Assisi.Sacred Views of Saint Francis: The Sacro Monte di Orta examines this important pilgrimage site where Francis is embraced as a ne plus ultra saint. The book delves into a pivotal moment in the life of the Catholic Church as revealed through the artistic program of the Sacro Monte’s twenty-one chapels, providing a nuanced understanding of the role the site played in the Counter-Reformation.The Sacro Monte di Orta was, in its way, a new hagiographical text vital to post-Tridentine Italy. Sacred Views provides research and analysis of this popular, yet critically neglected Franciscan devotional site. Sacred Views is the first significant scholarly work on the Sacro Monte di Orta in English and one of the very few full-length treatments in any language. It includes a catalogue of artists, over one hundred photographs, maps, short essays on each chapel, and longer essays that examine some of the most significant chapels in greater detail.

Christian worship, rites & ceremonies --- Christian communities & monasticism --- Religious buildings --- Catholicism --- Saint Francis --- pilgrimage --- sacred architecture --- religious sculpture --- hagiography --- Christianity --- monasticism --- Catholicism --- Saint Francis --- pilgrimage --- sacred architecture --- religious sculpture --- hagiography --- Christianity --- monasticism

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Edition and translation of Anglo-Saxon text, shedding light on Sunday observance and other issues. Few issues have had as far-reaching consequences as the development of the Christian holy day, Sunday. Every seven days, from the early middle ages, the Christian world has engaged in some kind of change in behaviour, ranging fromparticipation in a simple worship service to the cessation of every activity which could conceivably be construed as work. An important text associated with this process is the so-called Sunday Letter, fabricated as a letter from Christ which dropped out of heaven. In spite of its obviously spurious nature, it was widely read and copied, and translated into nearly every vernacular language. In particular, several, apparently independent, translations were made into Old English. Here, the six surviving Old English copies of the Sunday Letter are edited together for the first time. The Old English texts are accompanied by facing translations, with commentary and glossary, while the introduction examines the development of Sunday observance in the early middle ages and sets the texts in their historical, legal and theological contexts. The many Latin versions of the Sunday Letter arealso delineated, including a newly discovered and edited source for two of the Old English texts. DOROTHY HAINES gained her PhD from the University of Toronto, where she is currently an instructor of Old English.

Sunday. --- Christian literature, English (Old) --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- England --- Church history --- Lord's Day --- Sunday observance --- Days --- Fasts and feasts --- Rest --- Sabbath --- Latin Christian literature, Medieval and modern --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- Anglo-Saxon Christian literature --- Christian literature, Anglo-Saxon --- Christian literature, Old English --- English Christian literature, Old --- Old English Christian literature --- English literature --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Anglo-Saxon England. --- Christian Worship. --- Christianity. --- History of Sunday. --- Holy Day. --- Latin Versions. --- Old English Copies. --- Sabbath. --- Sunday Letter. --- Sunday Observance.

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This book offers new insights into the Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo, one of the most renowned coenobitic monasteries in the Byzantine period in Arabia. Starting from the archaeological data, the author critically reflects on the architectural phases of the basilica, the management and daily life in the monastery. Special attention is also given to pilgrimages to the monastic shrines beyond the River Jordan and their progressive abandonment. Dieses Buch bietet neue Einblicke in die Memorialkirche für Mose auf dem Berg Nebo, einem der bekanntesten coenobitischen Klöster der byzantinischen Zeit in Arabien. Ausgehend von den archäologischen Daten reflektiert der Autor kritisch die architektonischen Phasen der Basilika sowie die Verwaltung und das tägliche Leben im Kloster. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auch auf Pilgerfahrten zu den Klosterheiligtümern jenseits des Jordan und auf deren fortschreitende Aufgabe gelegt.

Biblical archaeology --- Classical Greek & Roman archaeology --- Ancient history: to c 500 CE --- Medieval history --- Christian communities & monasticism --- Christian worship, rites & ceremonies --- Jordan --- BCE to c 500 CE --- c 500 CE to c 1000 CE --- Christian Archaeology, Monasticism, Pilgrimage, Material Culture, Byzantium, Biblical Studies --- ÖFOS 2012, Christian archaeology --- ÖFOS 2012, Byzantine studies --- ÖFOS 2012, Ancient history --- ÖFOS 2012, Old Testament studies --- Christliche Archäologie, Mönchtum, Pilgerfahrt, materielle Kultur, Byzanz, Bibelstudien --- ÖFOS 2012, Christliche Archäologie --- ÖFOS 2012, Byzantinistik --- ÖFOS 2012, Alte Geschichte --- ÖFOS 2012, Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft --- Christian Archaeology, Monasticism, Pilgrimage, Material Culture, Byzantium, Biblical Studies --- ÖFOS 2012, Christian archaeology --- ÖFOS 2012, Byzantine studies --- ÖFOS 2012, Ancient history --- ÖFOS 2012, Old Testament studies --- Christliche Archäologie, Mönchtum, Pilgerfahrt, materielle Kultur, Byzanz, Bibelstudien --- ÖFOS 2012, Christliche Archäologie --- ÖFOS 2012, Byzantinistik --- ÖFOS 2012, Alte Geschichte --- ÖFOS 2012, Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft