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Anchorages of Faith: Experiencing and Shaping the Holy in the Eastern Adriatic (1300-1550)
Series: - Mediterranean Art Histories, Volume: 9
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This book traces the network of sanctuaries that marked the sacred topographies of the Istrian–Dalmatian coast, a key segment of the maritime pilgrimage route to Jerusalem. By combining rich Holy Land travelogues with other primary sources and material evidence, the shaping of cultic spaces emerges as a gradual, multifaceted process, in which pilgrims appear not as passive narrators, but as active recipients – and co-authors – of the sacred landscapes they visited. This study offers fresh insights into the dynamic interplay between local and new actors, devotional practices and the sensory experience of religious materialities along this pivotal medieval route.
The open access publication of this book was financially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
The open access publication of this book was financially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Vesna Šćepanović, PhD (2019, University of Fribourg), is a lecturer in medieval art history at the University of Fribourg. Since 2014 she has contributed to several research projects focussed on her primary areas of interest: pilgrimage studies, religious materiality and female agency.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction
1 Istria and Dalmatia: Seafarers’ Piety and Devotion
1 Poreč and Rovinj: a Venetian Outer Port
2 Beyond the Kvarner Gulf
2 Zadar
1 Introductory Notes
2 The Church of St Mary Major
3 The Cathedral of St Anastasia
4 The Benedictine Monastery of St Chrysogonus
5 The Rotunda of St Donatus
3 Dubrovnik
1 From Ancient Epidaurus to the Late Medieval Maritime Republic of Dubrovnik
2 The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
3 Ragusan Mendicant Houses
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction
1 Istria and Dalmatia: Seafarers’ Piety and Devotion
1 Poreč and Rovinj: a Venetian Outer Port
2 Beyond the Kvarner Gulf
2 Zadar
1 Introductory Notes
2 The Church of St Mary Major
3 The Cathedral of St Anastasia
4 The Benedictine Monastery of St Chrysogonus
5 The Rotunda of St Donatus
3 Dubrovnik
1 From Ancient Epidaurus to the Late Medieval Maritime Republic of Dubrovnik
2 The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
3 Ragusan Mendicant Houses
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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