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Material Objects Archive
Objects, images, and a proliferation of materialities engage bodies and minds, events and ideas, in ways both profound and subtle. Material objects, especially as they are activated in religious practices broadly conceived, are situated at the heart of MAVCOR. This Material Objects Archive offers an ever-expanding online gallery of such objects. We invite you to use it as a tool for thinking and teaching, researching and writing—and we welcome your suggestions and contributions to this collaborative enterprise.
In 2017, MAVCOR initiated the MAVCOR Digital Spaces Project, documenting sacred spaces via 360º panorama (360s) and high resolution giga-pixel (Zooms) photography. You can view all Digital Spaces Project 360s and Zooms here, or you can check the appropriate box in the Material Objects Archive search to view affiliated material objects.
Material Objects
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Medium:silverTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Cathedral of NaplesKeywords:Treasury, Silver, Cathedral
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Silver reliquary bust of St Patricia in the procession of silver saints in honour of San Gennaro
Date:2013 CEMedium:silver, processionsTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliKeywords:Reliquary, Procession, Silver, Saint -
San Giovanni da Capistrano
Franceso d'Angelo CeccaDate:1698 CEMedium:silver, silversmithingTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Santa Maria la NovaKeywords:Reliquary, Silver, Saint -
Reliquary of St Clare
Medium:silver, silversmithingTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo del Tesoro di San GennaroKeywords:Reliquary, Procession, Silver, Saint -
Reales
Date:1650 CEMedium:coin silver, mintingPlace of Origin:PotosíRepository:American Numismatic SocietyKeywords:Coin, Silver, Empire, Monarchy, Minting -
Silver Gallery of the V&A Museum
Place of Origin:City of LondonRepository:Victoria and Albert MuseumKeywords:Museum, Curation, Galleries, Silver -
Wie die Indianer das Goldt aus den Bergen graben (detail)
Bry, Theodor deDate:1601 CEMedium:ink, paper, engravingPlace of Origin:FrankfurtRepository:The John Carter Brown LibraryKeywords:Engraving, Colonization, Mining, New World -
Silver Chalices
Medium:silver, silversmithingTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo Nicolaiano, BariKeywords:Silver, Chalice -
Queen Margaret of Austria
González, BartoloméDate:1609 CEMedium:oil paint, paintingPlace of Origin:MadridRepository:Museo del PradoKeywords:Silver, Gown, Royalty, Portrait -
Bumkor Ritual in Sikkim
Tradition:Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese BuddhistPlace of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Ritual, Purification, Himalayas, Ritual materials, Procession, Bumkor -
Image of Mary Firth from the title page of Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s play The Roaring Girl
Date:ca. 1607-1610 CEPlace of Origin:City of LondonKeywords:Smoking Pipe, Smoking, Tobacco, Cross dressing -
African Slave Family, Surinam, 1770s
Blake, WilliamDate:1796 CEPlace of Origin:LondonKeywords:Smoking Pipe, Smoking, Colonialism, Tobacco, Slavery