Elias of Cortona
Elias of Cortona was an Italian religious and writer (1180–1253). He was born at Assisi and died at Cortona.
Also recorded as Elia da Cortona; Elías de Asís.
Overview
Born at Assisi in 1180, died at Cortona in 1253.
Catalogued works
8 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1228 to 1976.
Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, dated 1228. The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon, dated 1666, pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1965.860. Lamentation over the Dead Christ, dated 1635, pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white gouache and traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on brown laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1998.104. Juno, Zeus and Aeolus, dated n.d., pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.3893. The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, dated c. 1660, pen and brown ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.495. Continence of Scipio, dated n.d., red chalk, on tan laid paper, lunette laid down on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.3659. Infant Oedipus Brought Home by Shepherd, dated 1675/99, red chalk with stumping, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.1989. Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl]., dated [1976], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Elias of Cortona, Religion Past and Present. Elias von Cortona und Franziskus, Franziskus von Assisi, 2005. Elias of Cortona and the English Friars, The English Province of the Franciscans (1224-c.1350), 2017. Domenico da Cortona, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Albonetti da Cortona, Niccolo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Positions recorded include Custos of the Holy Land and Minister General of the Order of Franciscans.
Works named in the authority record are Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi.
Chronology
- 1180Elias of Cortona born at Assisi.
- 1228Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi.
- 1253Elias of Cortona died at Cortona.
- 1635Lamentation over the Dead Christ (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1660The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1666The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Elias of Cortona”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1329212: Elias of Cortona
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Elsewhere in Books
12,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Elias Abu ShabakiAuthor
- Elias BlixAuthor
- Elias CanettiAuthor
- Elias LönnrotAuthor
- Élie BarnaviAuthor
- Elieshi LemaAuthor
- Éliette AbécassisAuthor
- Eliezer YudkowskyAuthor
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