Earthly Bread and Heavenly Food

Corpus-Cristi-Cologne

Earthly Bread and Heavenly Food…
Cabinet exhibition on the occasion of the Eucharistic Congress in Cologne.

The Catholic Church venerates the consecrated host as a symbol of the presence of Christ resurrected. In the Middle Ages Cologne was among the first cities in which on the feast day of Corpus Christi the body of Christ was carried through the city in a procession. For this occasion splendid monstrances were created, one of which is at the heart of this exhibition. Paintings and prints from Cologne from the Middle Ages to the modern era illustrate the veneration of the consecrated host through the ages. Today, as in the past, the celebration of the First Communion is at the centre of Eucharistic devotion.

Earthly Bread and Heavenly Food
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
18.05.2013 –30.06.2013

 

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