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Conservation Work on an Ancient Sicilian Processional Banner: Preliminary Analyses and in Situ Restoration

2013

Abstract Before carrying out the conservation work on the gilded wooden frame of the processional banner coming from Tusa, Sicily, some preliminary diagnostic analyses were conducted in order to identify materials that made up the wooden frame. After a micro-sampling phase, a thin section of the wooden support allowed to identify the timber as linden wood (basswood). The X-Ray Fluorescence analysis confirmed the presence of a thin layer of primer made of plaster and animal glue covered with a red bolus primer, used for the gilding process. The restoration was carried out during the opening hours of the museum, allowing visitors to be informed on the restoration phases.

La procesión del Corpus en Sevilla: influencias sociales y políticas en la evolución del cortejo

2007

This paper deals about the changes happened in the procession of the Corpus Christi in Seville. We have news of that from 1363, and along the following centuries, but the most interesting is the way the procession is represented by two series of drawings one from 1747, and the other from 1866. This two series allow us to see the differences between them, that were due mainly to the politic, social, and religious changes. Se trata en este artículo sobre los cambios ocurridos en la procesión del Corpus Christi en Sevilla. La primera noticia es de 1363, y a partir de esta fecha se conocen bastantes acontecimientos en los siglos siguientes, pero lo más interesante es la manera en que se represe…

Rituales, descentramientos territoriales y niveles de identidad: La Semana Santa Marinera de Valencia

2011

The aim of this paper is to study how the processes of spatial and identity recomposition brought about by a globalized world affect traditional religious rituals, with particular reference to the <i>Semana Santa Marinera</i> processions in Valencia (Spain). Instead of the ritual giving rise to a single local identity, it can be seen that levels of local identity —while not disappearing— overlap more and more with increasingly vague new territorialities ranging from processional networks based on canon law to state-organized meetings. Media coverage of the ritual means that new virtual communities with no fixed territorial base are created, and the complexity of this phenomenon …

Fercolo del SS. Crocifisso

2010

L'albero di Persefone. Una nota introduttiva

2022

Il saggio discute il documentario di O. Cavalcanti, Persefone rivisitata, accurata e partecipata indagine sull’originale rito della Domenica delle Palme di Bova. In questa occasione sono recati processionalmente dei peculiari artefatti cerimoniali le pupazze, complessi intrecci di listelli di canna e di rami e foglie d’ulivo, rivestiti di fiori e di frutti. Intesi a rappresentare delle figure femminili, le pupazze sono destinate, al termine del rito processionale, ad essere smembrate e distribuite tra i fedeli affinché essi possano portare con sé, nelle proprie dimore, nei luoghi di lavoro una parte della potenza sacrale in esse racchiusa. In tutta evidenza le peculiari forme del rito e dei…

Musical Mourning Rituals in Sicily. By Sergio Bonanzinga. Translated by Giacomo Valentini.

2017

This article surveys various vocal and instrumental performances (chants, laments, calls, sounds of church bells and drums, band music) connected to the ritual celebration and commemoration of the dead that are still characterized in Sicily by a manifest syncretism between Christian Church rules and folk customs and beliefs. These “sounds of mourning” are examined in terms of both their musical aspects and their social and symbolic functions, with special attention given to the changing dynamics between the present day and the recent past. The focus also extends to include celebrations in which “fictitious funerals” are performed, such as those for Christ during the Easter procession and fo…

The Valletta Good Friday Processional Statues

2020

The chapter traces the development of the Good Friday tradition in Valletta and the manner in which the powerful Ta’ Ġieżu crucifix might have influenced the iconography of the Valletta processional statuary.

Non-destructive Approach to Multilayer Objects: XRF Analysis of Gilt and Enamelled Metals of the Medieval Cross of Rosciolo

2013

Abstract The penetration of X-rays is usually a limitation to the application of XRF analysis to multilayered materials, however it is possible, by software tools based on the fundamental parameters method, to overcome this problem and estimate thickness and composition of each layer. The cross of Rosciolo is a significant example of multilayer object: it is made of a wood core with attached gilt silver sheets and decorated with enamels. Measurements were carried out in situ and the PyMCA software was employed. The values of gilding thickness, Au/Hg ratios and Cu content in the silver sheets, and enamel's composition are discussed.

X-ray fluorescence investigation of gilded and enamelled silver: The case study of four medieval processional crosses from central Italy

2013

Abstract The presence of multilayered structures is common in such cultural artefacts as paintings, corroded metals, objects that underwent a whatever form of surface qualification. One of the most usual and complete ways to investigate such structures is observing a cross section, which requires sampling. There are however situations where at least part of the stratigraphic information can be derived non-destructively: the literature shows that X-ray fluorescence (XRF) has frequently been used, in recent years, for this purpose, with special regard to paintings and gilded metals. Aim of this paper is to further explore the suitability of XRF-based techniques to characterise multilayered st…

Essai de réflexion sur la réaction aux inondations en milieu urbain au XVe siècle : du seuil de tolérance catastrophique des sociétés riveraines à la…

2010

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