medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 18:21:52 -0600
Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>For an interesting study of these fascinating objects, which appear quite
>perplexingly to have been fairly generally ignored, see Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck, Ex
>Voto. Zeichen, Bild und Abbild im christlichen Votivbrauchtum (Zurich, Atlantis,
>1972). Does anybody know of other literature on medieval ex votos?
>
A quick check of the IMB, s.v. "ex votos", turned up three hits, viz.
Antoine, Elisabeth
L'image d'un saint thaumaturge: les ex-voto de Saint-Nicholas de Tolentino (XVe - milieu XVIe siècle).
Revue Mabillon: Revue internationale d'histoire et de littérature religieuses / International Review for Ecclesiastical History and Literature, n.s.7 (1996), 183-208
Luring, J.
Ex-voto's in Noord-Brabant.
Brabants Heem: Driemaandelijks Tijdschrift voor Brabantse Heem- en Oudheidkunde, 43:3 (1991), 93-104
Lightbown, R. W.
Ex-votos in gold and silver: a forgotten art.
Burlington Magazine, 121:915 (1979), 353-359
Like Jim, I am a bit surprised that there are not more. Probably with more persistence (use of singular "ex voto", use of slightly broader search terms) one could expand this list. Lightbown is a well known art historian who probably has references to these objects (at least to metallic ones) in other of his writings.
Note that the ex votos to Nick of Tolentino include tablets: this is a common early modern and modern form (whether painted or mosaic or metal sheets). How common are these in the MA?
Finally, many ex votos refer to parts of the body, often by reproducing these either in outline or in the round. These are conceptually closely related to talismans (and some of the ex votos in the form of rings or pins may be closely related to amulets), albeit with a different function (thanksgiving rather than warding off or healing). It is thus possible that they too are covered to some degree in the literature on the latter. Medievalists who work in that area are Cornelius O'Boyle and Peter Jones and venues for the presentation of that work are the Symposia on the Social History of Medicine and and the journal _Social History of Medicine_. A search of the Wellcome Bibliography for the History of Medicine might turn up useful results.
Best again,
John Dillon
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