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John Beldon Scott

Architecture for the Shroud

Relic and Ritual in Turin

496 pages, 16 color plates, 184 halftones, 16 line drawings, 2 tables  8-1/2 x 12  © 2003

Cloth $91.00

ISBN: 9780226743165   Published March 2003

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List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Architecture and Relic
PART I: PEREGRINATIONS
1. RELIC AND KINGSHIP
2. SHROUD OF CHAMBÉRY: SAINTE-CHAPELLE
3. A NEW CAPITAL AND ITS RELIC
PART II: "TERROR OF ARCHITECTURE": GUARINO GUARINI AND THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SHROUD
4. SEEING THE SHROUD: GUARINI'S SACRED THEATER
5. FAITH IN GEOMETRY
6. IMAGERY OF DEVOTION AND DYNASTY
7. ILLUSION OF MEANING/MEANING OF ILLUSION
PART III: RELIC AND MONARCHY IN THE URBAN SETTING
8. CULTIC URBANISM: RITUAL IN THE PUBLIC THEATER OF OSTENSION
9. DYNASTIC PANTHEON: REVOLUTION AND RISORGIMENTO
10. SHROUD AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE ITALIAN STATE
EPILOGUE
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Abbreviated Family Tree of the Savoy Family
Appendix B: Abbreviated Family Tree of the Lusignans of Cyprus
Appendix C: Description of the Shroud Chapel (1682)
Appendix D: Chronological Bibliography of Interpretations of Guarini's Shroud Chapel (1956-2000)
Appendix E: Documenting Frequency of Public Ostensions
Appendix F: Ceremonial Diary: Description of the Ostension of 28 May 1684
Appendix G: Ceremonial Diary: Description of the Ostension of 15 October 1775
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Awards
  • PROSE Book Award Honorable Mention
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