When Switzerland opens its coffers. Treasures of the Visitation of Fribourg.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 21341 |
| Format | 24.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 319 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757213698 |
Are you familiar with the astonishing central plan of the Visitandine church in Fribourg? Behind this building, the Visitation Monastery, overlooking the Sarine Valley, is one of those unusual and little-known places that no one can freely visit. Yet, since the mid-17th century, women have lived here, in prayer and peace. They built and then regularly adapted the buildings and exteriors according to their needs. This book will allow you to enter this convent, to understand its history and its evolution, but above all to discover the lives of the nuns, as well as the "treasure" that they have preserved through the ages. For four centuries, they have prayed with their hearts but also with their fingers, embroidering sumptuous decorations on the vestments they intended for the liturgy of their church. SUMMARY Introduction Foreigners on the run, tolerated then guardians of the faith: the Visitandines in Fribourg The Visitation, cradle of the Sacred Heart in Fribourg The influence of the Visitation of Fribourg in the 19th century The 20th century and recent decades The rotunda of the Holy Spirit, a votive and propitiatory church? A long cloister The main building of the Age of Enlightenment The garden, the vital space of the Visitandines Boarders at the boarding school: a necessary reconversion The treasure of the Visitandines of Fribourg The place of images at the Visitation of Fribourg The constitution of the sacristy The floral ornaments of the Visitation of Fribourg Precious protections The sacristy of Fribourg
Are you familiar with the astonishing central plan of the Visitandine church in Fribourg? Behind this building, the Visitation Monastery, overlooking the Sarine Valley, is one of those unusual and little-known places that no one can freely visit. Yet, since the mid-17th century, women have lived here, in prayer and peace. They built and then regularly adapted the buildings and exteriors according to their needs. This book will allow you to enter this convent, to understand its history and its evolution, but above all to discover the lives of the nuns, as well as the "treasure" that they have preserved through the ages. For four centuries, they have prayed with their hearts but also with their fingers, embroidering sumptuous decorations on the vestments they intended for the liturgy of their church. SUMMARY Introduction Foreigners on the run, tolerated then guardians of the faith: the Visitandines in Fribourg The Visitation, cradle of the Sacred Heart in Fribourg The influence of the Visitation of Fribourg in the 19th century The 20th century and recent decades The rotunda of the Holy Spirit, a votive and propitiatory church? A long cloister The main building of the Age of Enlightenment The garden, the vital space of the Visitandines Boarders at the boarding school: a necessary reconversion The treasure of the Visitandines of Fribourg The place of images at the Visitation of Fribourg The constitution of the sacristy The floral ornaments of the Visitation of Fribourg Precious protections The sacristy of Fribourg