Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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  • Title: Religious Patronage and Royal Propaganda in Angevin Naples: Santa Maria Donna Regina in Context [The author explores the Angevin rulers' connections with Franciscanism, their religious patronage generally, and their efforts to strengthen and lend prestige to their dynasty. Kelly maintains that Angevin support of Franciscan Spirituals and religious p
  • Source: The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: Art, Iconography, and Patronage in Fourteenth-Century Naples.  Edited by Janis Elliott and Cordelia Warr.  Ashgate, 2004.  Pages 27 - 43.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Angevins, Dynasty in Naples and Hungary Franciscan Order- SpiRitual Louis of Anjou, Bishop of Toulouse Mary of Hungary, Wife of Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples Monasticism Naples, Napoli, Italy- Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Patronage, Ecclesiast
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 14
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  • Illustrations: Eleven Figures. Figure One (Thirteen in book) Master of Giovanni Barrile, "Saint Louis of Toulouse Crowned by Angels," tempera on panel, circa 1331-1332 (Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet). Figure Two (Fourteen in book) Lello da Orvieto, "Redeemer Enthroned," fresco, c. 1340 (Naples, Santa Chiara). Figure Three (Fifteen in book) Cristoforo Orimina, "King Robert Enthroned," illuminated guardleaf, circa 1340 (Louvain, Bibl. Fac. Theol., ms. 1 (Bible of Malines)). Figure Four (Sixteen in book) Cristoforo Orimina, "Genealogy of the Angevin Rulers," illuminated page, circa 1340 (Louvain, Bibl. Fac. Theol. ms. 1 (Bible of Malines)). The following figures are referred to in the text but are located in other sections of the book. Figure 18 Simone Martini, "Saint Louis of Toulouse," tempera on panel, circa 1317 (Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte). Figure 63 Pentecost, Hungarian Saints, frescoes forming part of the Passion cycle. Plate 7 Vaults of the apse showing the arms of Mary of Hungary (in color). Plate 9 Tino di Camaino, Tomb of Mary of Hungary (in color). Plate 10 Tino di Camaino, "Louis of Toulouse" sculptural detail of the tomb of Mary of Hungary (in color). Plate 14 "Catherine Refusing to Sacrifice to the Idols"; "Catherine Preaching to the Philosophers," frescoes in the Life of St. Catherine cycle (in color). Plate 16 "Saint Agnes at school"; "The Prefect's Son Declares His Love for Agnes to His Father"(?), frescoes in the Life of St. Agnes cycle.
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  • Year of Publication: 2004.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0754634779