KATERINA'S WINDOWS: Donation and Devotion, Art and Music, as Heard and Seen Through the Writings of a Birgittine Nun

Examines 58 letters written by Katerina Lemmel, a wealthy Nuremberg widow, who in 1516 entered the abbey of Maria Mai in south Germany, and rebuilt the monastery using her own resources and the donations she solicited from relatives. Illus, many in color.