Relicarios Devotional Miniatures from the Americas |
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| Author:
| Egan, Martha |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89013-254-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Museum of New Mexico Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The relicario is the Latin American version of the reliquary locket, a small, finely wrought devotional pendant used to contain relics and mementos of the saints. Martha Egan, renowned authority on Latin American folk art, spent over five years of travel and investigation finding and documenting the finest examples of Iberian and Latin American reliquary art world-wide. This book presents 125 refined examples of a religious art that rivals the illuminated books and gilded altars of the...
More DescriptionThe relicario is the Latin American version of the reliquary locket, a small, finely wrought devotional pendant used to contain relics and mementos of the saints. Martha Egan, renowned authority on Latin American folk art, spent over five years of travel and investigation finding and documenting the finest examples of Iberian and Latin American reliquary art world-wide. This book presents 125 refined examples of a religious art that rivals the illuminated books and gilded altars of the Medieval and Renaissance periods.