"In a feasting posture" : communion vessels and community values in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New England

Author

Ward, Barbara McLean

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Winterthur portfolio. 1988, Num. 1, Vol. 23, p. 1-24, 13 ill.

ISSN

0084-0416

Abstract (en)

Examines the forms of the Eucharist ritual, the sources of communion vessels, and the patterns discernible in the accumulation of sets of vessels by individual churches to uncover the underlying assumptions that governed Puritan attempts to reconcile the need for hierarchy and social order with the doctrine of God's free grace. Author accumulated data on 1044 vessels (made from various materials including silver, pewter, ceramics, glass and wood) from 125 churches in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- United States
• Liturgical objects
• Eucharist
• United States
• 1600-1800
• New England (USA)
• Massachusetts (USA)
• Connecticut (USA)
• Puritanism
• Society

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- États-Unis
• Objet liturgique
• Eucharistie
• Etats-Unis
• 1600-1800
• New England (USA)
• Massachusetts (USA)
• Connecticut (USA)
• Puritanisme
• Société

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447099

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