Astell, Ann W. <br/><br/>
Eating beauty :  the Eucharist and the spiritual arts of the Middle Ages / 
Ann W. Astell. 
 - Ithaca, N.Y. :  Cornell University Press,  (c)2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages, 8. pages of plates) :  color illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>"Taste and see" : the eating of beauty --  The apple and the Eucharist : foods for theological aesthetics --  "Hidden manna" : Bernard of Clairvaux, Gertrude of Helfta, and the monastic art of humility --  "Adorned with wounds" : Saint Bonaventure's Legenda maior and the Franciscan art of poverty --  "Imitate me as I imitate Christ" : three Catherines, the food of souls, and the Dominican art of preaching --  The Eucharist, the Spiritual exercises, and the art of obedience : Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Michelangelo --  Weil and Hegel : a eucharistic "ante-/anti-aesthetic" aesthetics? --  To (fail to) conclude : eucharists without end. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501704550 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lord's Supper--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.<br/>Lord's Supper--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--16th century.<br/>Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>Food--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>Spiritual life--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.<br/>Spiritual life--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--16th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV823  / .E285 2006