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Title page 2 Series page 3 Half Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Abbreviations 12 Acknowledgements 14 Introduction 16 Bynum and the Study of Religious Materiality 16 Reconceiving Religion 19 Early Modern Contexts 22 Meanings, Practices, Transformations 27 Bibliography 28 About the Authors 32 Part I Meanings 34 1. Wax versus Wood: The Material of Votive Offerings in Renaissance Italy 36 Bibliography 49 Primary Sources 49 Secondary Sources 49 About the Author 51 2. The Substance of Divine Grace: Ex-votos and the Material of Paper in Early Modern Italy 52 Bibliography 66 Primary Sources 66 Secondary Sources 66 About the Author 67 3. Powerful Objects in Powerful Places: Pilgrimage, Relics and Sacred Texts in Tibetan Buddhism 68 Scriptures as Voice/Sound Relics 69 The Princess Chokyi Dronma and the Power of Scriptures as Relics 71 A Fifteenth-Century Debate on the Devotional Approach to Books as ­Ritual Objects 79 Books, Relics and Places: Pilgrimage as a Way to ‘Meet’ the Sacred 81 Conclusion 82 Bibliography 84 Primary Sources 84 Secondary Sources 84 About the Author 85 4. Myer Myers: Silversmith in the Spanish-­Portuguese Synagogue Ledger 86 H

Author

Ivanic, Suzanna;Laven, Mary;Morrall, Andrew;

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EN