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Il reliquiario a sarcofago di Santa Ninfa a Palermo
2022
In full affirmation of the themes of the Counter-Reformation, the city of Palermo pays homage to one of its Patronesses with the creation of a monumental silver urn. Through the analysis of documentary sources and the necessary formal and stylistic surveys, the history of the precious sacred goldsmith's work is reconstructed
Aportaciones documentales sobre cruces de orfebrería valencianas. Siglos XIV y XV
2020
The article intends to make a contribution of new documentary references, from the notarial funds of the Valencian archives, in which news about parish crosses and Lignum Crucis from the silversmith center of Valencia during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are collected. The importance of these typologies lies in being the main elements of Christian worship, so it was an essential piece in each parish that allowed the provision in them of models of varied typology and functionality; for that reason they are conserved from altar crosses, cross-shaped reliquaries ?known as Lignum Crucis or Veracruz ?to processional crosses, larger and representative of the parish community to which it …
CONSERVATIVE RESTORATION OF TWO WOODEN ARM RELIQUARIES (18TH CENTURY) FROM PALERMO’S CATHEDRAL
2016
The scientific investigations preliminary to the restoration of two golden wooden reliquaries, from Palermo's Cathedral, are reported in this work.
Tralci d’argento: busti reliquari e paliotti in Sicilia tra Sei e Settecento
2022
Si indagano alcune opere in argento eseguite in Sicilia tra Sei e Settecento caratterizzate da simili repertori decorativi che, seguendo di volta in volta gli stilemi della pertinente temperie culturale, si rintracciano indistintamente sia sui manufatti d'arte figurative sia su intagli, statue, tessuti, gioielli, utensili e suppellettili liturgiche. Nello specifico sono indagati, per la prima volta, il busto reliquiario di Santa Rosalia della Matrice di Santa Margherita Belìce (Ag) e il paliotto architettonico della Chiesa Madre di Naro (Ag) Some silver works made in Sicily between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are investigated, characterized by similar decorative repertoires whi…
Scientific studies for the restauration of two wooden arm reliquaries from the Cathedral of Palermo
2017
Dedicated to Saint Generosi and Saint Rosana, the reliquary arms, recalling the shape of a body part, are today located in the Relics Chapel in Palermo Cathedral. They are probably dated to the second half of the 18th century and are attributed to an unknown artist. The aims of this study were to investigate the decorative techniques, verify the state of conservation of the constitutive materials, measure the microclimate condition in the Relics Chapel, in order to set up a correct preventive conservation strategy. In this regard, an integrated scientific investigation was performed focusing on environmental monitoring (thermo-hygrometric parameters) by HOBO system, characterization of mate…