FILIPOVÁ, Alžběta. The Holy Network. The Place of Textiles in Early Relic Circulation. In Elster, Christiane; Luther, Stephanie; Michalski, Tanja; Seeberg, Stefanie. Textile Gifts in the Middle Ages. Objects, Actors, and Representations. Rome: Campisano Editore, 2022, p. 43-56. ISBN 978-88-85795-86-0.
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Original name The Holy Network. The Place of Textiles in Early Relic Circulation
Authors FILIPOVÁ, Alžběta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Rome, Textile Gifts in the Middle Ages. Objects, Actors, and Representations, p. 43-56, 14 pp. 2022.
Publisher Campisano Editore
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 60401 Arts, Art history
Country of publisher Italy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/22:00127054
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-88-85795-86-0
Keywords in English Cult of Relics; medieval Textiles; Ambrose of Milan; Late Antiquity
Tags rivok
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Abstract
The paper focuses on the origins and early development of relic circulation with a particular emphasis on the role of textile in the multiplication of the sacred wealth of local churches. This is done by comparing two different approaches towards the creation and distribution of relics in the two most important Western bishoprics in Late Antiquity, Rome and Milan. Whereas Rome strictly kept the sacred wealth in order to attract pilgrims to the holy graves, the bishop of Milan Ambrose engaged in an unprecedented campaign of fabrication and distribution of relics, some believed to be textiles drenched in blood of the local martyrs. Moreover, the paper draws attention to the official attempts to justify the equality of contact relics – especially those whose medium was textile – with corporeal relics before the Carolingian era.
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MUNI/H/1402/2016, interní kód MUName: Transforming the Spaces and the Minds. Materiality, Performativity and Perception in the Late Antique (4th–6th century) Baptismal Zones (Acronym: TSP)
Investor: Masaryk University, Individual High risk/high gain projects
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