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Free Download Nancy P. Sevcenko, "The Celebration of the Saints in Byzantine Art and Liturgy "
English | ISBN: 0367601796 | 2020 | 376 pages | EPUB | 27 MB
The studies in this volume all deal with images and texts that relate to the veneration of the saints in Byzantium after the 9th century. Some papers are devoted to the church calendar and the annual commemorations of hundreds of saints through liturgical poetry and sequences of isolated images in fresco, icon painting and illuminated manuscripts. Others are concerned with the longer and rarer, narrative cycles devoted to the life of a single saint, cycles found mainly in fresco and on the so-called vita icons that first appear in the East in the late 12th century. Additional studies deal with the developing role of icons in liturgical ceremonies, and with images of a saint being approached by a supplicant or patron. A final section is devoted to places made holy by the saints, and to their holy relics.

Free Download Patricia H. Labalme, "Saints, Women and Humanists in Renaissance Venice "
English | ISBN: 1138375381 | 2019 | 270 pages | EPUB | 865 KB
This volume brings together the published academic essays of the Renaissance historian Patricia Hochschild Labalme (1927-2002). Appearing between 1955 and 1999, they deal with the intellectual, social and religious life of Venice in the 15th-16th centuries. An important focus is the exploration of the careers, milieu and writings of cultural and literary women of early modern Venice, a field to which the author made a particular contribution.

Free Download Adoring the saints : fiestas in central Mexico By King of France Louis IX; King of France Louis IX; Lastra, Yolanda; Sherzer, Joel; Sherzer, Dina; King of France Louis IX
2009 | 211 Pages | ISBN: 0292719809 | PDF | 14 MB
Mexico is famous for spectacular fiestas that embody its heart and soul. An expression of the cult of the saint, patron saint fiestas are the centerpiece of Mexican popular religion and of great importance to the lives and cultures of people and communities. These fiestas have their own language, objects, belief systems, and practices. They link Mexico’s past and present, its indigenous and European populations, and its local and global relations.This work provides a comprehensive study of two intimately linked patron saint fiestas in the state of Guanajuato, near San Miguel de Allende-the fiesta of the village of Cruz del Palmar and that of the town of San Luis de la Paz. These two fiestas are related to one another in very special ways involving both religious practices and their respective pre-Hispanic origins.A mixture of secular and sacred, patron saint fiestas are multi-day affairs that include many events, ritual specialists, and performers, with the participation of the entire community. Fiestas take place in order to honor the saints, and they are the occasion for religious ceremonies, processions, musical performances, dances, and dance dramas. They feature spectacular costumes, enormous puppets, masked and cross-dressed individuals, dazzling fireworks, rodeos, food stands, competitions, and public dances. By encompassing all of these events and performances, this work displays the essence of Mexico, a lens through which this country’s complex history, religion, ethnic mix, traditions, and magic can be viewed.

Free Download Michelle Hauck, "Steadfast: Birth of Saints Book Three (Birth of Saints, 3)"
English | 2018 | pages: 560 | ISBN: 0062447211 | EPUB | 1,7 mb
The final novel in Michelle Hauck’s Birth of Saints trilogy, Steadfast follows Grudging and Faithful in telling the fateful story of Claire and Ramiro and their battle against a god that hungers for blood.

Free Download Memory and Presence of Female Saints in Ksar El Kebir (Morocco) : Oral Transmission and Written Tradition
by Rachid El Hour, Manuela Marin
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9004513094 | 178 Pages | True PDF | 30 MB

Free Download Kind Neighbours: Scottish Saints and Society in the Later Middle Ages
by Tom Turpie
English | 2015 | ISBN: 9004298223 | 208 Pages | True PDF | 1.2 MB

Free Download James S. Griffith, "Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious Art of Sonora (Southwest Center Series)"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0816539618 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 6.7 mb
. . . we move to the town of Aconchi on the Río Sonora, where the mission church once contained a life-sized crucifix with a black corpus, known both as Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas . . . and El Cristo Negro de Aconchi . . .

Free Download James S. Griffith, "Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious Art of Sonora (Southwest Center Series)"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0816539618 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 6.7 mb
. . . we move to the town of Aconchi on the Río Sonora, where the mission church once contained a life-sized crucifix with a black corpus, known both as Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas . . . and El Cristo Negro de Aconchi . . .

Free Download Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X by Moshik Temkin
English | November 7th, 2023 | ISBN: 1541758471 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 43.79 MB
Do leaders make history or does history make leaders? A deep dive into how we define, seek, and become leaders.

Free Download Alex Crook, Alex Smith, "Southampton Greatest Games: Saints’ Fifty Finest Matches"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 178531209X | EPUB | pages: 224 | 4.8 mb
From causing one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup final history by beating Manchester United in 1976 to promotion to the Premier League in 2012, here are 50 of the club’s most glorious, epochal, and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Southampton Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, from the bygone days of Ted Bates and Lawrie McMenemy to the club’s rise from League One back to the top flight via administration and near bankruptcy and their highest-ever Premier League finish under Ronald Koeman’s masterful management. An irresistible cast list of club legends-including the great Matt Le Tissier, record appearance-maker Terry Paine, Wembley heroes Mick Channon and Peter Osgood, promotion winners Rickie Lambert and Jose Fonte, and former European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan-comes to life in these thrilling tales of goalscoring feats, great comebacks, Wembley glory and the odd glorious yet crushing disappointment. In all, a journey through the highlights of Saints’ history which is guaranteed to make any fan’s heart swell with pride.