1890-1920 (Printed and published)
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The Abbey of Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits and located in the village of Einsiedeln twenty miles southeast of Zurich. According to 9th and 14th century sources, the hermit St Meinrad (d. 861) was especially devoted to the Virgin and was given a miracle-working statue of the Virgin and Child by Abbess Hildegard of Zurich around which he built a chapel. Following his murder, a church was built over this chapel. The new church was dedicated but not the chapel. In 948 Conrad of Constance was praying in the chapel when he witnessed Christ and the angels performing the dedication rites. A papal bull of 11th November 966 allowed the celebration of the anniversary of this miracle and granted remission of sins to pilgrims to the shrine. This late 19th/early 20th-century postcard was published for sale to pilgrims as a souvenir of the shrine.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lithography, embossing and gilding |
| Brief description | Souvenir of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, late 19th/ early 20th century. |
| Physical description | Rectangular postcard (landscape format). Front: colour printed illustration in two parts, to the left framed between two trees Saint Meinrad sits outside his hermitage reading a book with an ornate jar or urn on the ground by his feet, the image of Our Lady of Einsiedeln appears superimposed over the door of the hermitage, two ravens in the foreground; to the right a view of the baroque abbey buildings and square framed within a baroque cartouche, lettered below the left-hand image Hl. Meinrad printed in black and within the design on the right-hand side Gruƒs aus Einsiedeln printed in gold. Back: postcard template printed in black. |
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| Content description | Saint Meinrad of Einsiedeln, Our Lady of Einsiedeln and Einsiedeln Abbey |
| Credit line | Given by Tim Travis in memory of Leslie Travis |
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| Summary | The Abbey of Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits and located in the village of Einsiedeln twenty miles southeast of Zurich. According to 9th and 14th century sources, the hermit St Meinrad (d. 861) was especially devoted to the Virgin and was given a miracle-working statue of the Virgin and Child by Abbess Hildegard of Zurich around which he built a chapel. Following his murder, a church was built over this chapel. The new church was dedicated but not the chapel. In 948 Conrad of Constance was praying in the chapel when he witnessed Christ and the angels performing the dedication rites. A papal bull of 11th November 966 allowed the celebration of the anniversary of this miracle and granted remission of sins to pilgrims to the shrine. This late 19th/early 20th-century postcard was published for sale to pilgrims as a souvenir of the shrine. |
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| Accession number | E.999-2012 |
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| Record created | September 5, 2013 |
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