Thomas Aquinas's Relics as Focus for Conflict and Cult in the Late Middle Ages: The Restless Corpse
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The material and allegorical presence of the Saint's remains -- The long last journey of Thomas's dust -- The Thomas relic cults -- Readings of the corpse: textual, allegorical, and iconographic -- A note on the spelling of...
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Relic
/ Saints
/ History 1275-1500
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Saints
Biography
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Print version: Räsänen, Marika: Thomas Aquinas's Relics as Focus for Conflict and Cult in the Late Middle Ages : The Restless Corpse. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2017. - 9789089648730 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The material and allegorical presence of the Saint's remains -- The long last journey of Thomas's dust -- The Thomas relic cults -- Readings of the corpse: textual, allegorical, and iconographic -- A note on the spelling of names -- 1. The Death of Thomas, 7 March 1274 -- The memory of Thomas's arrival at the Monastery of Fossanova -- At Thomas's bedside -- Visions of the last breath -- The funeral -- 2. The Miraculous Body in Fossanova -- Hidden corpse, revealed sainthood -- The tomb at the centre of liturgical practices -- 'Blessed Thomas, the saint corpse, release me from this fever' -- Divided body, fragmented sanctity -- 3. Thomas's Land-Praesentia among the Faithful -- Becoming the Patron Saint of Priverno -- Rays of sainthood around Fossanova -- The strongholds of Thomas's cult in Southern Italy -- The treasure in Fondi -- 4. Written Remembrance of the Remains -- A problematic possession in the hagiography -- Memorial practices of the body on Thomas's Feast Day -- Promoting the rightful ownership of Thomas's corpse -- Thomas's Neapolitan memory -- The importance of the matter -- Conclusion: The Endless Story -- Appendix 1: DE SANCTO Thome de Aquino -- Transcription from the manuscript Vat. lat. 10153. -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of Illustrations -- Illustration 1 Thomas's Land map -- Illustration 2 The soul of Thomas Aquinas at the moment of his death -- Illustration 3 The Transitus of St Dominic's soul -- Illustration 4a Thomas's funeral -- Illustration 4b Lamenting women wearing the habits of Dominican nuns -- Illustration 5 Thomas's green corpse at Fossanova -- Illustration 6 The placement of the tomb-shrine of Thomas Aquinas in the apse of the main church of Fossanova -- Illustration 7 One of four medallions representing Thomas's shrine Illustration 8 The lunette above the door of the refectory depicting St Thomas Aquinas, the Virgin Mary and child and St Anthony the Hermit -- Illustration 9 San Tommaso Church, Roccasecca -- Illustration 10 The opening of Thomas's liturgical feast, ms. 190 at the Archivio del Duomo, Orvieto -- Illustration 11 The altar panel depicting the Madonna and child and its commissioner, Museo del Duomo di Anagni -- Illustration 12 Thomas's altar at the Dominican Church of Salerno |
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| ISBN: | 9048527376 |