„den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“
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Jens Niebaum
Abstract
The topic of this chapter is an unrealised project by the Swedish court architect Nicodemus Tessin the YoungerTessin, Nicodemus the Younger for a royal coronation and burial church in StockholmStockholm. It examines the ways in which the seven-branched candelabra could visually and in interaction with other media evoke, model, and validate principles of sacred kingship in Sweden in the period of the so-called envälde (‘autocracy’) around 1700. In addition to formal and typological aspects of the project, the planned arrangement of the candelabrum and its meaning will be discussed in the light of the question of how older theological matters of thought were reinterpreted from a renewed confessional and monarchical perspective. Finally, the chapter seeks to reconstruct the intended integration of the candelabrum into performative acts, especially during the ceremonies of anointment and coronation.
Abstract
The topic of this chapter is an unrealised project by the Swedish court architect Nicodemus Tessin the YoungerTessin, Nicodemus the Younger for a royal coronation and burial church in StockholmStockholm. It examines the ways in which the seven-branched candelabra could visually and in interaction with other media evoke, model, and validate principles of sacred kingship in Sweden in the period of the so-called envälde (‘autocracy’) around 1700. In addition to formal and typological aspects of the project, the planned arrangement of the candelabrum and its meaning will be discussed in the light of the question of how older theological matters of thought were reinterpreted from a renewed confessional and monarchical perspective. Finally, the chapter seeks to reconstruct the intended integration of the candelabrum into performative acts, especially during the ceremonies of anointment and coronation.
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
-
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
-
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
