In: Le immagini del Francescanesimo. Atti del XXXVI Convegno internazionale, Assisi (9-11 ottobre 2008), 2009, p. 31-57
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In: The Miraculous Image in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 2004, p. 223-248
This paper investigates an hitherto neglected aspect of late Medieval devotion, which was connected with the peculiar expressions of piety of the seepeople. The coast lines of the late Medieval Mediterranean were dotted with a large number of shrines which corresponded to safe places and repairs along the navigation routes. A specific litany was worked out in order to invoke the appearance of...
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In: Santa Croce e Santo Volto. Contributi allo studio dell’origine e della fortuna del culto del Salvatore (secoli IX-XV), 2002, p. 1-86
According to an old, very widespread legend, an icon of the Saviour would have bled after being stabbed with a lance by the Jews of Beirut. The blood poured out by this icon was considered to be so worth worshipping, that it became widespread in Western Europe. Moreover, the story was yearly commemorated in Rome since at least the 10th century as a specific feast in honor of icons, being...
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In: Medioevo: le officine, proceedings of the international symposium (Parma, 22-27.9.2009), 2010, p. 494-510
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In: Artifex bonus. Il mondo dell’artista medievale, 2004, p. 177-186
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In: Eastern Christian Relics - Восточнохристианские реликвии, 2003, p. 234-248
This paper deals with the Medieval sources concerning the relics worshipped in the Pharos Chapel, the private church of the Basileus in the Imperial Palace of Constantinople. It especially focus on an hitherto neglected source by Leo Tuscus, a Pisan writer who made an accurate description of the church and witnessed the specific veneration for an image of the Mother of God "Oikokyra", perceived...
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In: Intorno al Sacro Volto. Genova, Bisanzio e il Mediterraneo (secoli XI-XIV), 2007, p. 63-78
This paper deals with the origins of icon veneration in Pisa in the 12th and 13th century and offers a new interpretation of the art-historical phenomenon known as the "maniera greca". Far from being just a matter of artistic taste, the "maniera greca" can be interpreted as the outcome of the local appropriation of icon-centered devotional patterns being widespread in Eastern Christianity and the...
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In: Peregrino, ruta y meta en las peregrinationes maiores. VIII Congreso internacional de estudios jacobeos (Santiago de Compostela, 13-15 Octubre 2010), 2012, p. 179-194
A description of the sacred topography worked out by late Medieval Holy Land-pilgrims and seafarer along the searoutes between Venice and Palestine. This paper emphasizes the important role played by international voyagers in the selection, promotion and shaping of new holy sites in Dalmatia, Albania, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus.
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In: Perspective: actualités de la recherche en histoire de l'art, 2012, p. 347-364
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In: Hierotopy. Studies in the Making of Sacred Spaces. Material from the International Symposium, 2004, p. 132-134
The monastery of Our Lady of Saydnaya, located 22 km east of Damascus, still proves to be one of the most important cult-centres of present-day Syria; although it is inhabited and controlled by Christian (i.e. Greek Orthodox) nuns, its church, housing a very famous icon of the Virgin Mary, is daily visited also by a great many Muslim worshippers. Its renown dates back to the late 12th century,...
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