Chapter from the book: Delcorno P. & Roest B. 2023. Observant Reforms and Cultural Production in Europe: Learning, Liturgy and Spiritual Practice.
This chapter investigates the library decoration in Italian Dominican, Franciscan and Augustinian reformed male communities, and shows that, by and large, the decorative schemes used are significantly different from earlier ones, often being more lavish in nature (which in itself is surprising against the background of Observant ideas about simplicity and poverty), with an emphasis on the depiction of friars who exemplified the scholastic achievements of their order. The latter, in turn, seems to be related to a renewed interest, within Observant circles, in order history for the purpose of religious identity formation.
Cobianchi, R. 2023. Religious Life and Visual Authority: Library Decoration among Mendicant Observant Orders. In: Delcorno P. & Roest B (eds.), Observant Reforms and Cultural Production in Europe. Nijmegen: Radboud University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54195/XFRB6134_CH05
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Published on Aug. 9, 2023