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The Menorah and the seven-branched candelabrum: Jewish and Christian manifestations in the medieval and early modern periods

For both Judaism and Christianity, the Menorah is an iconic artefact. It played a crucial role as an implement of the Tabernacle in the desert and the Temple in Jerusalem. After the destruction of the Temple and the eventual loss of the Menorah, it became the quintessential symbol of the Jewish peop...

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Corporate Author: Sonderforschungsbereich 1391 "Andere Ästhetik" (Other)
Other Authors: Worm, Andrea (Editor) , Streicher, Maria (Editor)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2025]
Series:Andere Ästhetik – Studien 15
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/isbn/9783111165219
Verlag, Cover: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/cover/isbn/9783111165219/original
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Author Notes:Andrea Worm, Maria Streicher, Sonderforschungsbereich 1391 Andere Ästhetik
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • List of Contents
  • IXIntroduction / / Andrea Worm, Maria Streicher
  • Tabernacle and Temple
  • Das Schicksal des siebenarmigen Leuchters aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel im mittelalterlichen Rom / / Matthias Morgenstern
  • 37Priest, Temple, Jewishness, Redemption? / / Lutz Doering
  • 79Articulating the geometricalia of Scripture / / Mary Carruthers
  • 97Vasari and Giambullari on the Menorah, the Tabernacle, and Bezalel / / Gerd Blum, Katrin Kogman-Appel
  • 143Die Menora in Raffaels Vertreibung des Heliodor und Garofalos Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel / / Eva-Bettina Krems
  • Image and Exegesis
  • 169tres gradus fidelium in ecclesia / / Eleanor Goerss, Andrea Worm
  • 217Jewish and Christian Re-Imagining of the Seven-branched Lampstand in the Postilla litteralis of Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349) / / Lesley Smith
  • 243Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Speculum humanae salvationis / / Margit Krenn
  • 271The Sanctuary’s Implements / / Emma Abate
  • 307“A Secret Particularly Obscure” / / J.H. Chajes
  • Patronage and Memoria
  • 341Aniane and Fulda / / Vera Henkelmann
  • 365Seven-branched Candelabra in Medieval England / / Tobias J. Bidlingmaier, Andrea Worm
  • 415Marienwohlde oder Mölln? / / Jochen Hermann Vennebusch
  • 443Siebenarmige Leuchter im 16. Jahrhundert / / Claudia Echinger-Maurach
  • Context and (Re-)Use
  • 475Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Heiligtum von Mentorella (Vulturella) in Latium / / Judith Utz
  • 503„Madonna del Albero, dandole tal cognome quella gran pianta“ / / Maria Streicher
  • Der siebenarmige Leuchter in der Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder / / Andrea Worm
  • „den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“ / / Jens Niebaum
  • Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues / / Ilia Rodov
  • 653Figures and Charts

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