The Badia of Florence: Art and Observance in a Renaissance Monastery

by Anne Leader

Santa Maria di Firenze, an ancient, venerable Benedictine abbey (called the Badia) located in the heart of Florence, is the subject of Anne Leader's new book. In 1418, 17 Benedictine monks journeyed to Florence from Padua to save one of their order's oldest houses from ruin. Realizing that reformed spiritual practice alone would not save the Badia, Abbott Gomezio di Giovanni commissioned the creation of a new cloister, to be decorated with vivid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253355672
• ISBN13: 9780253355676
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher