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SUMMARY:Wax\, wood and narrative: the miraculous culture of Renaissance It
 aly - Dr Mary Laven\, Jesus College Cambridge
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CONTACT:Sebastian Keibek
DESCRIPTION:From the late fifteenth century\, the walls of Italian shrines
  became crowded with _tavolette dipinte_ – small painted wooden boards r
 ecording instances of sickness\, violence\, accidents\, natural disasters 
 and demonic possession\, and attesting to the miraculous intervention of t
 he Virgin Mary and other saints. Dr Laven shall explore the significance o
 f this new cultural form and contextualize the appeal of pictorial _ex vot
 os_ with reference both to grander trends in Renaissance art and to the si
 multaneous rise of the printed miracle book. Thus\, she will shed new ligh
 t on neglected forms of religious creativity and to investigate the role o
 f narrative in fuelling devotional renewal before Trent.
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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