Publisher's Synopsis
This volume is the last publication of the DFG network Forum for Women's Foundation Research. He presents contributions by scientists who, in the course of the third conference, specifically searched for painting, music and textile arts in women's monasteries of the late Middle Ages. Relevant objects, forms and genres were thus re-examined with regard to the question of what was specific to women's convents - in terms of production, foundation, performance or even reception. The cycle from 1456 in St. Ursula is printed in full color for the first time in this volume; the donations made by the Hirtz family there are acknowledged separately. In the case of the other Cologne convent churches of St. Maria im Kapitol and St. Cecilia, new light falls on the original sacred topography and stained glass reconstructed like a puzzle. Heininger and Fischbecker manuscripts reveal local musical life. The special craftsmanship of the canonesses with textiles is shown again in St. Ursula in Cologne, through paraments, flags and altar cloths, and at the same time in the still young field of research into textile parts in manuscripts. For the first time, two new discoveries from the former convent churches in Quedlinburg and Vreden are brought up for discussion. With contributions from: Pavla Ralcheva, Markus Jansen, Klaus Gereon Beuckers, Julia Noll, Jörg Bölling, Achim Bonk, Gudrun Sporbeck, Maria Schaller, Linda Herbst, Volker Tschuschke
