«Deo gubernante». Contributi per uno studio sulla funzione liturgica del Volto Santo di Lucca in relazione alla sua datazione

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AUTHORS: Ilaria SABBATINI

Work Package: WP7 – REVER

URL: https://iris.unipa.it/handle/10447/703963?mode=full

Keywords:  medieval hospital, thermal baths, San Martino ai Bagni Caldi, Corsena, Galenic medicine, Christian charity, body care, Middle Ages, thermal practices, historiography

Abstract
The contribution analyzes the Volto Santo of Lucca as an object of worship whose understanding does not depend solely on its dating, but above all on its liturgical function and on the medieval perception of sacred images as tangible manifestations of the divine.

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