TRANSLATIO – The art of (re)moving relics and reforming holiness in Europe’s borderlands
A Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Union Individual Fellowship Project (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-842830)
The art of (re)moving relics and reforming holiness in Europe’s borderlands (TRANSLATIO)
TRANSLATIO is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Union Individual Fellowship Project in Historical Studies that frames the intersection of the History of Art and Architecture, History of Religion, and History of Science in global context, with special focus on cross-cultural perspectives between Italy and the Nordic-Baltic region. The project investigates the ritualized relic in the history of early modern Europe through the art, architecture and material attending translatio, the ceremonial transfer or removal of holy objects and corporal remains of saints and holy persons from one locality to another, according to a venerable tradition of Roman Catholicism. This investigation will be structured according to a cluster of case studies on paradigmatic relics, reliquaries, art works, or architectural monuments, and their movements between historical territories in present-day Italy, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
Project Investigator
Ruth Sargent Noyes, PhD
Questions, comments, and other contact about the TRANSLATIO project are welcome.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 842830.
TRANSLATIO is hosted by the National Museum of Denmark.
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