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Zoitou, Sofia,

Staging Holiness: The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) / Sofia Zoitou. - 1 online resource. - Mediterranean Art Histories ; 3 Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286 . - Mediterranean Art Histories ; 3. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Hospitallers' institutions -- The Borgo and the area outside the walls -- Our Lady of Phileremos.

"In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"--

ISBN: 9789004444225 9789004436855

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004444225 DOI

LCCN: 2020046626

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Knights of Malta--History--Greece--Rhodes (Island)--To 1500.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.--Israel
Religious articles--History--Greece--Rhodes (Island)--To 1500.
Hospitalers--History--Greece--Rhodes (Island)--To 1500.
Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rhodes (Greece : Island)--Church history.

LC Class. No.: CR4731.G82

Dewey Class. No.: 949.5/87