Joseph Braun (theologian, 1857)

Joseph Braun SJ (born January 31, 1857 in Wipperfürth ; † July 11, 1947 in Pullach near Munich) was a German Roman Catholic theologian, Jesuit and art historian .

Life

During his theological studies in 1878 Joseph Brown was a member of the KDStV Ripuaria Bonn in CV .

After being ordained a priest in 1881 and joining the Jesuit order in 1890, Braun became professor for church history and Christian archeology at the religious colleges in Valkenburg in Holland, Frankfurt am Main and Pullach .

Braun's scientific works usually have the character of a manual and are reprinted to this day; especially those for research on the vestments and the Christian altar are considered to be basic and standard works today .

Fonts

The liturgical garb in Occident and Orient: According to origin and development, use and symbolism. Unchangeable reprograph. Reprint d. Edition Freiburg i. Br. 1907. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftl. Book Society 1964
Manual of Paramentics. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder 1912 ( full text ). 2nd, improved edition: The liturgical paraments in the past and present. A manual of paramentics. ibid. 1924.
Masterpieces of the German goldsmith's art of the pre-Gothic period. Reprint of the Munich 1922 edition (originally 2 volumes, reprint in one volume) New York; London: Garland 1979 (anthologies on the history of arts and crafts; Vol. 8) ISBN 0-8240-3354-X
The Christian altar in its historical development. 1924
Liturgical hand dictionary. Unchangeable Reprint of the 2nd, verb. and very increased edition from 1924. Munich: Mäander 1993 ISBN 3-88219-351-4
The Christian altarpiece in its being and in its development. Reprint of the Munich 1932 edition, Hildesheim, New York: Olms 1973 ISBN 3-487-04890-6
Liturgia Romana: A representation of the Roman rite in lexical form. Hanover: Jos. Giesel 1937
The reliquaries of the Christian cult and their development. Unchangeable photomechan. Reprint [d. Edition] Freiburg i. Br., Herder, 1940. Osnabrück: Zeller 1971 ISBN 3-535-00728-3
Costume and attributes of saints in German art. Stuttgart 1943; anastatic reprint ibid 1964; 4th, unchanged edition, Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-7861-1519-2 .

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Braun, Joseph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 734. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Michael Hartig : Braun, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 553 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Joseph Braun - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Joseph Braun - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Joseph Braun in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 70.
^ Conference program 150 years of Joseph Braun SJ ( Memento from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Braun, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wipperfürth
DATE OF DEATH	July 11, 1947
Place of death	Pullach

[1] Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 70.

[2] Conference program 150 years of Joseph Braun SJ ( Memento from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )