31 May 2009 - Pentecoste (Whitsun) - A regatta in Venice, a wine festival in Castellina, concerts, festivals and fireworks everywhere...
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11 June 2009 (for Sunday 14 June) - Corpus Domini (Corpus Christi in England) - Infioratas at Cistercian Abbeys - Casamari and Chiaravalle della Colomba (with cloister concerts) - Spello street flower tapesteries, Orvieto medieval procession, etc
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Religious Holiday Dates 2009 - 2012 - Plan your Italian holiday to take in Pentecoste and Corpus Domini events.
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Paradoxplace Pages about the Medieval Christian Church Architecture, Art and History
The Christian Church weaves its way through many of the Paradoxplace pages on Medieval Europe because it is the largest, most pervasive and longest lasting institution in Western Europe. The Christian Church's architectural structures - Cathedrals, Churches, Abbeys, Monasteries etc and their associated histories and archives account for the bulk of what remains of the great (and lesser) buildings of the early Middle Ages, and are an important component of the extant history of later times. The narrative art of the Christian Church displayed in stained glass windows, portal sculptures (including tympanums, reliefs and trumeaux), capitals, mosaics, paintings and illuminated manuscripts is likewise a key window onto the beliefs and life of the middle ages, as well as being beautiful in its own right.
This page provides links to Christian Church related pages or directories within Paradoxplace, a few of which are maybe just a bit obscurely placed.
The master list of links to the Abbey, Cathedral and Church pages for Italy, Spain and Portugal, France and Britain.
Books about Cathedrals, Abbeys, Churches and the Christian Church in the Middle Ages
Church and state in early Italy (64 - 800) - events, chronology, and early Church Councils
Medieval Abbey, Cathedral and Church Architecture
Being designed
Tympanums, Portals, Trumeaux
Being designed
Capital & Corbel Sculptures
Being designed
Stained Glass Windows
Being designed
Ravenna, Monreale, Palermo (Capella Palatina and La Martorana), Otranto ... and more.
The archivolts, door jams, facade reliefs and even floors of many Romanesque and Gothic churches contained reliefs, mosaics or medallions which represented either or both of the twelve signs of the Zodiac and the twelve typical labours / activities associated with each time of the year. This material is also to be found in stained glass windows, misericords, and ....
... sometimes there were also other subjects, such as illustrations of the Cardinal and Christian virtues and sins.
The symbolism, art, sculpture and iconography of the Archangels and Evangelists.
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Links to Christian stories in painting, mosaics, sculpture, books and other media
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The Annunciation
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Adam and Eve |
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Limoges Reliquary Châsses for relics of Saint Thomas (Becket)
The Great Medieval European Christian Monastic and Mendicant Orders
Being designed
Dozens of photo pages on the fascinating Cistercian Order, and the beautiful Abbeys they bequeathed to Europe.
The master list of links to the Abbey, Cathedral and Church pages for Italy, Spain and Portugal, France and Britain.
Churches of Light
Some (sadly the minority) of churches are filled with natural light - this page will bring together links to some of them.
Links to Cloister photographs in Paradoxplace
Medieval Pilgrimage Destinations
Being designed
Links to the Abbey, Cathedral and Church pages for Italy.
Links to the Abbey, Cathedral and Church pages for France.
Some Medieval French Saints
Links to the Abbey, Cathedral and Church pages for Spain & Portugal.
The Camino - The Pilgrimage Roads through Spain to Santiago de Compostela
Links to the Abbey, Cathedral and Church pages for Britain.
Some Early English (and other) Saints and Kings
A listing of the Doctors of the Catholic Church
Links to other Paradoxplace pages ......
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