medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:19:03 -0500
Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>the famous fourteenth-century bust of St. Agatha at Catania:
>> http://www.cataniaperte.com/santagata/reliquie/reliquie.htm
>
>i take it that she's covered by jewelry given over the centuries, not (mostly)
>ones that were part of the original metalwork.
Just so.
>quite a few such gifts of rings and jewels given to the reliquary housing the
>_camisia_ of the Virgin in Chartres
>
Examples exist in the treasuries of many pilgrimage sites. Here are a few from Monte Sant'Angelo on the Gargano (note also the photograph of the young woman):
http://www.gargano.it/comunitamontana/guida/pellegrini2.htm
And here's a vitrine full of medieval ex votos (some reworked more recently) from San Nicola at Bari:
http://www.basilicasannicola.org/it/arch4_t2.htm
http://www.basilicasannicola.org/img/foto/t6.jpg
Best again,
John Dillon
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