Têtes coupées des saints au Moyen Âge. Martyrs, miracles, reliques

Autor:	Edina Bozoky
Jazyk:	English<br />French<br />Italian
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	head relic miracle of severed head cephalophoria invention of relic translation of relic head and skull reliquary collection of relics Literature (General) PN1-6790 French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature PQ1-3999
Zdroj:	Babel: Littératures Plurielles, Vol 42, Pp 133-168 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1277-7897 2263-4746
DOI:	10.4000/babel.11516
Popis:	This article presents the theme of the severed heads of saints from three aspects. The miracles of the severed heads of the martyrs attest to the living force that resides in them : the head can be reunited with the body without traces ; it makes a healing spring ; it continues to speak ; and, finally, some saints carry their heads to their burial places. The adventures of John the Baptist’s severed head are the subject of several accounts of invention and translation in the East and West. As for the embedding of head relics in reliquaries, the diversity of solutions is remarkable, ranging from « talking » head- and bust-reliquaries to skulls dressed in cloth.
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