Anchorages of Faith: Experiencing and Shaping the Holy in the Eastern Adriatic (1300-1550) / Vesna Šćepanović.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Šćepanović, Vesna, author.

Series:

Mediterranean Art Histories ; 9.

Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Mediterranean Art Histories ; 9

Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--History.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-75083-5

9789004750838

OCLC:

1559218408

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004750838 DOI