An archaeology of late antique pilgrim flasks

Anderson, William A.

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“…By extension, these objects point to the desire of pilgrims and travellers to purchase souvenirs at such 137 Kiss (1989) 16. 138 Anderson (2004) 80. 139 The key publications for these artefacts remain Grabar (1958) and Ainalov (1961).…”

Section: Christian Souvenirs: Containersmentioning

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The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity

Stoner¹

2019

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I would like to extend thanks to The Roman Society for their generous grant via the Hugh Last Fund in support of the costs of the illustrative material reproduced in this book. Also to Lloyd Bosworth for kindly advising on the artefact drawings. My thanks also go to the anonymous peer reviewers and my examiners Professors Antony Eastmond and Catherine Richardson, for their insightful comments and recommendations for the process of turning my thesis into a coherent manuscript. Also Michael Mulryan for his editing skills, and Nikos Karydis, Gavin Osbourne, Anne Stutchbury, Joe Williams, and Faith Morgan for their comments, suggestions and support throughout the entirety of this work. In particular, I wish to sincerely thank Professor Liz James for her valuable advice ever since first introducing me to the material culture of Late Antiquity. Finally, I am deeply grateful to all my friends and family who have forced food, drink, and company upon me as and when necessary, with patience and humour-if you are reading this, you know who you are. This book is dedicated to my dad Peter.

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Section: Christian Souvenirs: Containersmentioning

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The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity

Stoner¹

2019

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“…The examples from Egypt are especially famous, notably the so-called 'Menas flasks' from the pilgrim centre of the saint at Abu Mina, which date to the 5th-6th c. A.D.: Bangert (forthcoming). But there are similar types known from Asia Minor which feature saints or Biblical figures: Anderson (2004). Their appearance in the 5th c. corresponds to a popular surge in pilgrimages to Christian sites and to the homes of holy men.…”

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From Pagan To Christian: Religious Iconography In Material Culture From Sagalassos

Talloen

2011

The Archaeology of Late Antique 'Paganism'

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The evidence of domestic artefacts bearing religiously inspired imagery from Sagalassos (south-west Turkey) is used here to trace how the religious revolution of Late Antiquity affected daily life and how that evidence may reflect wider patterns in the shift from a pagan to a Christian culture in Late Antiquity. After a period characterised by a common iconographic repertoire shared by pagans and Christians alike, in which the Christian impact on material culture was limited, the material expression of the changing religious atmosphere became more visible from the second half of the 4th c. onwards and eventually resulted in a canonic Christian iconography.from pagan to christian: religious iconography

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Material Christianity in the Early Medieval Household

Smith

2014

Stud. Church Hist.

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Tu autem cum oraveris, intra in cubiculum tuum, et clauso ostio, ora Patrem tuum in abscondito: et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscondito, reddet tibi. (‘But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door. Pray to your Father in private, and your Father, who sees into concealed places, will reward you’: Matt. 6: 6)Manuscript D.V.3 in the Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin is a fat, late eighth-century volume of martyr narratives. Produced at Soissons, probably in the nunnery of Notre-Dame, it may be no coincidence that eighteen of its forty texts concern female martyrs. A further four address familial groups in which wives or mothers play prominent roles. The earliest Latin version of the passion of St Adrian (BHL 3744) is among them: one of many late, ‘novel-esque’ accounts of martyrdom, it is constructed out of clichéd formulae and predictable tropes for post-persecution audiences, like others of its genre. Lacking any historical verisimilitude about the age of persecutions, the passion of Adrian is characteristic of this group of hagiographies in offering valuable insights into domestic Christianity in the age in which it was composed: it brings into sharp focus links between women and material Christianity within the late antique household, the theme this essay pursues into the Carolingian period.

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An archaeology of late antique pilgrim flasks

Cited by 11 publications

References 35 publications

The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity

The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity

From Pagan To Christian: Religious Iconography In Material Culture From Sagalassos

Material Christianity in the Early Medieval Household

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