Pre-lenten images of deterrence and consolation : the imagery of the ephemeral decorations on the occasion of the forty hours' devotion in selected Moravian and Silesian Jesuit Colleges (1640-1697)
Vol.73,No.2(2024)
Abstract
Keywords:
ephemeral art; Forty Hours' Devotion; pre-Lenten Eucharistic Devotion; Society of Jesus; Jesuit imagery and spirituality; Moravia; Silesia
Pages:
96–109
The temporary decoration of churches before the Lenten season formed an important part of post-Tridentine visual culture and was inherently linked to Catholic eucharistic cultic practice. The study focuses on the ephemeral decorations within the pre-Lenten Eucharistic Devotion in selected Jesuit colleges in Moravia and Silesia in the second half of the 17th century. The aim is to reconstruct the iconography of several ephemeral displays based on surviving written accounts and to interpret it in the context of the religious practice, imagination and social interaction of the day.
ephemeral art; Forty Hours' Devotion; pre-Lenten Eucharistic Devotion; Society of Jesus; Jesuit imagery and spirituality; Moravia; Silesia
96–109
