IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1303: The Face of the Other: The Veronica and the Spread of Its Cult in Europe
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Amanda Murphy, Dipartimento di Scienze linguistiche e letterature straniere, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Brenda M. Bolton, University of London |
| Paper 1303-a | Our Veronica: Identifying Iconographic Sources and Paths of Diffusion in Europe through 'Veronica Route' Using Statistical Methods (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1303-b | Sui pretiossisimi vultus Imago: Veronica and the Practice of Indulgences in the 13th and Early 14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1303-c | Relic, Ostension, and Vision: Small Parchment Images of the Veronica (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography |
| Abstract | Issues surrounding the cult of the Veronica, the cloth imprinted with the face of Christ, have been the object of numerous works of research. Reflecting on recent findings, and undertaking new research paths, the Panel proposes to tackle various issues that the material and spiritual history of the Veronica poses. The interweaving of competences from different fields may help to solve some of the questions that the holy cloth provokes. The Panel proposes to consider the case of the European Fortune of the Veronica in the Middle Ages according to different artistic and historical perspectives. The start of the cult of the Veronica can be traced back to the pontificate of Innocent III who, in 1208, initiated the tradition of an annual procession for the Sunday following the Octave of the Epiphany: at that time, the Holy Veil, kept in St Peter's, was carried in procession from the old Basilica to the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Saxia. The Pope’s initiative signalled the start of an overwhelming success of the Veronica throughout Europe. The panel will approach the following issues: 1. Historical Plane: the birth of the cult of the Veronica from the time of Innocent III and its development until the first Jubilee of Boniface VIII, with particular attention to the issue of indulgences linked to the Veronica. |