Aniane and Fulda
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Vera Henkelmann
Abstract
Seven-branched candelabra are attested in Christian churches since the Carolingian period. References to such candelabra in the Vita of St Benedict of AnianeBenedict of Aniane written by Ardo SmaragdusArdo Smaragdus, the Catalogue of the Abbots of Fulda (Catalogus abbatum Fuldensium) and, indirectly, in the Miracula of Rudolfus of FuldaRudolfus of Fulda demonstrate the existence of these objects in two preeminent monasteries of the Carolingian Empire. While the seven-branched candelabrum in the monastery church of AnianeAnianeAnianeSalvatorkircheSeven-branched candelabrum can be associated with Benedict of Aniane, the one in FuldaFuldaFuldaAbbeySeven-branched candelabrum was cast while Hrabanus MaurusRabanus Maurus, Abbot of Fulda was abbot. The connection between the Carolingian candelabra and their biblical prototypes in the TabernacleTabernacle and in Solomon’s TempleJerusalemSolomon’s Temple was strengthened by the fact that both candelabra formed an ensemble with replicas of the Ark of the CovenantArk of the Covenant.
BenedictBenedict of Aniane of Aniane and Hrabanus Maurus of Fulda donated these extravagant lighting devices as part of their endowments for the construction and furnishing of their monastery churches both to ensure their personal memoria and to consolidate the supra-temporal importance of their communities.
Abstract
Seven-branched candelabra are attested in Christian churches since the Carolingian period. References to such candelabra in the Vita of St Benedict of AnianeBenedict of Aniane written by Ardo SmaragdusArdo Smaragdus, the Catalogue of the Abbots of Fulda (Catalogus abbatum Fuldensium) and, indirectly, in the Miracula of Rudolfus of FuldaRudolfus of Fulda demonstrate the existence of these objects in two preeminent monasteries of the Carolingian Empire. While the seven-branched candelabrum in the monastery church of AnianeAnianeAnianeSalvatorkircheSeven-branched candelabrum can be associated with Benedict of Aniane, the one in FuldaFuldaFuldaAbbeySeven-branched candelabrum was cast while Hrabanus MaurusRabanus Maurus, Abbot of Fulda was abbot. The connection between the Carolingian candelabra and their biblical prototypes in the TabernacleTabernacle and in Solomon’s TempleJerusalemSolomon’s Temple was strengthened by the fact that both candelabra formed an ensemble with replicas of the Ark of the CovenantArk of the Covenant.
BenedictBenedict of Aniane of Aniane and Hrabanus Maurus of Fulda donated these extravagant lighting devices as part of their endowments for the construction and furnishing of their monastery churches both to ensure their personal memoria and to consolidate the supra-temporal importance of their communities.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- List of Contents V
- Introduction 1
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I. Tabernacle and Temple
- Das Schicksal des siebenarmigen Leuchters aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel im mittelalterlichen Rom 3
- Priest, Temple, Jewishness, Redemption? 37
- Articulating the geometricalia of Scripture 79
- Vasari and Giambullari on the Menorah, the Tabernacle, and Bezalel 97
- Die Menora in Raffaels Vertreibung des Heliodor und Garofalos Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel 143
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II. Image and Exegesis
- tres gradus fidelium in ecclesia 169
- Jewish and Christian Re-Imagining of the Seven-branched Lampstand in the Postilla litteralis of Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349) 217
- Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Speculum humanae salvationis 243
- The Sanctuary’s Implements 271
- “A Secret Particularly Obscure” 307
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III. Patronage and Memoria
- Aniane and Fulda 341
- Seven-branched Candelabra in Medieval England 365
- Marienwohlde oder Mölln? 415
- Siebenarmige Leuchter im 16. Jahrhundert 443
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IV. Context and (Re-)Use
- Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Heiligtum von Mentorella (Vulturella) in Latium 475
- „Madonna del Albero, dandole tal cognome quella gran pianta“ 503
- Der siebenarmige Leuchter in der Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder 543
- „den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“ 577
- Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues 613
- Figures and Charts 653
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- List of Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
I. Tabernacle and Temple
- Das Schicksal des siebenarmigen Leuchters aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel im mittelalterlichen Rom 3
- Priest, Temple, Jewishness, Redemption? 37
- Articulating the geometricalia of Scripture 79
- Vasari and Giambullari on the Menorah, the Tabernacle, and Bezalel 97
- Die Menora in Raffaels Vertreibung des Heliodor und Garofalos Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel 143
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II. Image and Exegesis
- tres gradus fidelium in ecclesia 169
- Jewish and Christian Re-Imagining of the Seven-branched Lampstand in the Postilla litteralis of Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349) 217
- Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Speculum humanae salvationis 243
- The Sanctuary’s Implements 271
- “A Secret Particularly Obscure” 307
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III. Patronage and Memoria
- Aniane and Fulda 341
- Seven-branched Candelabra in Medieval England 365
- Marienwohlde oder Mölln? 415
- Siebenarmige Leuchter im 16. Jahrhundert 443
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IV. Context and (Re-)Use
- Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Heiligtum von Mentorella (Vulturella) in Latium 475
- „Madonna del Albero, dandole tal cognome quella gran pianta“ 503
- Der siebenarmige Leuchter in der Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder 543
- „den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“ 577
- Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues 613
- Figures and Charts 653
