scholarly journals Poesia e filosofia a Firenze tra Santa Croce e Santa Maria Novella

2020 ◽  
pp. 225-241
Author(s):  
Sonia Gentili
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
Santa Croce ◽  
Santa Maria Novella ◽  
Santa Maria

This article draws a comparison between the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century library collection of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria Novella and that of the Franciscan convent of Santa Croce. Such an investigation casts new light on the links between philosophy and po- etry which enliven Dante’s literary production. In particular, the author considers Aristotelian works as potential vehicles of literary knowledge about, for instance, Homeric characters.

Art and Sermons: Dominicans and the Jews in Florence’s Santa Maria Novella

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 171-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Santa Maria Novella ◽  
Santa Maria

This paper analyzes perceptions of the Jews by the Dominican friars in latemedieval Florence and focuses on the encounter between the Christian and Jewish worlds as manifested in Santa Maria Novella church in the oral and visual traditions. The intention is to examine the representations of Jews in a particular context, that of an Italian urban society in the late fourteenth century, especially in the context of mendicant activity, by studying both preaching and art in that context.The article shows the similarities and differences between the visual and the verbal in relation to the different media discussed, and analyzes the complexity of the Dominican perception of the Jews.

scholarly journals Nicholas Trevet : le théologien anglais qui parlait à l’oreille des Italiens

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
Blaise Dufal
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Roman History ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Italian Peninsula ◽  
Classic Literature ◽  
Santa Maria Novella ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
Bear Witness

The commentaries composed by the English theologian Nicholas Trevet at the beginning of the fourteenth century not only bear witness to his connections with Santa Maria Novella. They also testify to the importance of his contribution to the transfer of knowledge about Antiquity and the rebirth of antiquarianism in the Italian peninsula. This essay argues that Trevet’s Scholastic commentaries, presented as an expositio, met the need that Italian intellectuals had of a fuller understanding of classic literature, pagan mythology and Roman history.

scholarly journals L’usura tra Santa Croce e Santa Maria Novella:

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-205
Author(s):  
Roberto Lambertini
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Controversial Issue ◽  
The Social ◽  
Santa Croce ◽  
Santa Maria Novella ◽  
Santa Maria

Between 1290 and 1310, two Mendicant friars active in Florence dealt with the controversial issue of usury: the Franciscan lector Peter of Trabibus, who until now has been studied primarily for his relationship to Olivi’s teaching, and the Dominican Remigio de’ Girolami. In the mid-nineties of the thirteenth century, in the context of his quodlibetal questions, Peter of Trabibus discusses the social role of merchants and he broaches the question of the restitution of usurious gains. Some years later, Remigio also deals with similar issues in his quodlibetal questions and writes a treatise that bears the title De peccato usurae.

scholarly journals Influences et interactions entre Santa Maria Novella et la commune de Florence.

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Delphine Carron
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Communal Life ◽  
The City ◽  
Santa Maria Novella ◽  
Santa Maria

At the turn of the fourteenth century (1295-1301), the Florentine Dominican Remigio de’ Girolami produced a collection of essential texts connected to events in Florentine politics that present the testimony of a well-informed intellectual directly involved in the Communal crises. This article proposes to analyze, as a case study, the influence of Remigio’s five sermons on Florentine communal life. His preaching in reaction to the crises shaking Florence happened in dialogue with the institutions and citizens of the Commune. It bears witness to the interactions between Santa Maria Novella and the city of Florence and contributes to the development of the political philosophy of its time.

scholarly journals Per Ravenna trecentesca: nuove proposte per l’assetto architettonico di Santa Maria in Porto Fuori

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31
Author(s):  
Fabio Massaccesi
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
Second World ◽  
The Church

Abstract This contribution intends to draw attention to one of the most significant monuments of medieval Ravenna: the church of Santa Maria in Porto Fuori, which was destroyed during the Second World War. Until now, scholars have focused on the pictorial cycle known through photographs and attributed to the painter Pietro da Rimini. However, the architecture of the building has not been the subject of systematic studies. For the first time, this essay reconstructs the fourteenth-century architectural structure of the church, the apse of which was rebuilt by 1314. The data that led to the virtual restitution of the choir and the related rood screen are the basis for new reflections on the accesses to the apse area, on the pilgrimage flows, and on the view of the frescoes.

scholarly journals GPR and IRT Tests in two Historical Buildings in Gravina in Puglia

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loredana Matera ◽  
Raffaele Persico ◽  
Edoardo Geraldi ◽  
Maria Sileo ◽  
Salvatore Piro
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Santa Croce ◽  
Stepped Frequency ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
The Church

Abstract. This paper describes a noninvasive investigation conducted in two important churches, namely the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and the church Santa Croce, both placed in Gravina in Puglia (close to Bari, southern Italy). The church of Santa Croce, now deconsecrated, lies below the Cathedral. Therefore, indeed the two churches constitute a unique building body. Moreover, below the church of Santa Croce there are several crypts, only partially known. The prospecting was performed both with a pulsed commercial GPR system and with a prototypal reconfigurable stepped frequency system. The aim was twofold, namely to achieve some information about the monument and to test the prototypal system. The GPR measurements have been also integrated with an IRT investigation performed on part of the vaulted ceiling of the church of Santa Croce, in order to confirm or deny a possible interpretation of some GPR results.

scholarly journals The Dominican Educational and Social Contexts of Riccoldo of Monte Croce’s Pilgrimage Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-78
Author(s):  
Philip Booth
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Santa Maria Novella ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
Written Corpus

Riccoldo of Monte Croce (ca. 1243–1320), Dominican friar, missionary, and pilgrim, was an accomplished author, but nature of his written corpus has been disputed by scholarship. For some, he is a noted anti-Islamic polemicist. For others, he is a quasi-tolerant traveler in the East. Yet past attempts to understand Riccoldo’s corpus have taken little notice of the priory of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, where he spent most of his life. This article begins to rectify this omission and signals new ways to understand Riccoldo by drawing on the work of historians, philologists, and codicologists. It assesses Riccoldo’s relationship to Santa Maria Novella’s library and its books. It also traces some of Riccoldo’s social relationships, demonstrating how his positions as a lecturer and preacher and his social connections with individuals like Remigio de’ Girolami influenced his writings. Overall, this study reemphasizes the fact that without understanding social contexts we can never properly understand the intentions of pilgrim-authors.

German Jews and Figurative Art

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Shatzmiller
Keyword(s):  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Art History ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
German Jews ◽  
Figurative Art ◽  
Great Appreciation ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
Public Architecture

This chapter briefly reviews the art history from 1230–1450 CE in order to better understand the cultural profile of the rabbi, and to evaluate the contribution of the wall paintings in his house as indications of the artistic horizons of German Jews of the fourteenth century. It also shows how Jews had to abandon the art that they cherished for generations, yet they found ways to keep alive their fascination with the beautiful and to nurse their aesthetic needs. The interior synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca of Toledo and that of the recently reconstructed Sinagoga Mayor of Segovia manifest a profound attachment to Islamic public architecture. Jews showed great appreciation for the decorative value of their Hebrew alphabet. They also learned to paint inanimate or geometric images in miniature letters on the covers of their Bibles.

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