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Ritual, Spectacle, And Theatre In Late Medieval Seville (Chapter 1), Christopher B. Swift Jan 2023

Ritual, Spectacle, And Theatre In Late Medieval Seville (Chapter 1), Christopher B. Swift

Publications and Research

From the fall of Islamic Išbīliya in 1248 to the conquest of the New World, Seville was a nexus of economic and religious power where interconfessional living among Christians, Jews, and Muslims was negotiated on public stages. From out of seemingly irreconcilable ideologies of faith, hybrid performance culture emerged in spectacles of miraculous transformation, disciplinary processionals, and representations of religious identity. Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville reinvigorates the study of medieval Iberian theater by revealing the ways in which public expressions of devotion, penance, and power fostered cultural reciprocity, rehearsed religious difference, and ultimately helped establish Seville …


Finding Aid For The Vernon Aubrey Hallum Papers, 1962-2011, Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives Apr 2019

Finding Aid For The Vernon Aubrey Hallum Papers, 1962-2011, Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

V. Aubrey Hallum Papers

Finding aid for the Vernon Aubrey Hallum Papers, 1962-2011.


Viewing Heaven: Rock Crystal, Reliquaries, And Transparency In Fourteenth-Century Aachen, Claire Kilgore May 2017

Viewing Heaven: Rock Crystal, Reliquaries, And Transparency In Fourteenth-Century Aachen, Claire Kilgore

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

This thesis examines reliquaries and objects associated with medieval Christian practice in fourteenth-century Aachen. The city's cathedral and treasury contain prestigious relics, reliquaries, and liturgical items, aided by its status as the Holy Roman Empire's coronation church. During the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (r. 1349-1378), reliquaries, pilgrimage, and architecture reflect late medieval interests in vision, optics, and transparency. Two mid-fourteenth century reliquaries from the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, the Reliquary of Charlemagne and the Three-Steepled Reliquary, display relics through rock crystal windows, in contrast to the obscuring characteristics of earlier reliquaries. Not only do the two reliquaries visually …


Hallum Architects, Inc., Marketing Brochure, V. Aubrey Hallum Jan 2000

Hallum Architects, Inc., Marketing Brochure, V. Aubrey Hallum

V. Aubrey Hallum Papers

Six-page color brochure describing architectural services for churches offered by Hallum Architects, Ins. Illustrated with photographs of church buildings.


Graduate Housing Fundraising Brochure, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library Jan 1980

Graduate Housing Fundraising Brochure, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

ORU Archival Collection

A fundraising brochure for graduate housing apartments located across the street from Oral Roberts University. 28 pages, full color. circ 1980.


Athletics Dormitory Fundraising Brochure, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library Jan 1974

Athletics Dormitory Fundraising Brochure, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

ORU Archival Collection

This is a fundraising brochure from the ORU Athletics Dormitory that was built in 1971. Each page contained artist drawings of items that donors could sponsor.


"Plans For Oru," Oru Chapel Transcript - 3-17-1971, Oral Roberts Mar 1971

"Plans For Oru," Oru Chapel Transcript - 3-17-1971, Oral Roberts

Chapel AV & Transcripts

Oral Roberts shares plans for buildings on campus at ORU such as the chapel, prayer tower and facilities for hosting OREM meetings.. Bob Eskridge shares plans for buildings and educational advancements such as text book publication. Frank Wallance shares about the design as well.


Church Architecture: A History Of Influences, V. Aubrey Hallum Jan 1970

Church Architecture: A History Of Influences, V. Aubrey Hallum

V. Aubrey Hallum Papers

A sixteen-page document by V. Aubrey Hallum describing the historical and doctrinal contexts for designing buildings for Churches of Christ.


Guide For Planning Church Buildings For The Churches Of Christ, V. Aubrey Hallum, Charles J. Betts May 1964

Guide For Planning Church Buildings For The Churches Of Christ, V. Aubrey Hallum, Charles J. Betts

V. Aubrey Hallum Papers

Describes history, beliefs, church government buildings, and other planning considerations for architects designing for Churches of Christ. Includes bibliography.