Reliquary tabernacles in fourteenth-century Italy: image, relic and material culture

Images and relics were central tools in the process of devotional practice in medieval Europe. The reliquary tabernacles that emerged in the 1340s, in the area of Central Italy surrounding the city of Siena, combined images and relics, presented visibly together, within painted and decorated wooden...

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Main Author: Williamson, Beth 1967- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Italy / Marian devotion / Marian image / Shrine / Christian art / History 1300-1400
B Siena / Reliquary / Tabernacle / Künstlerisches Material / Material popular culture / Saints / History 1340-1450
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