Prayer nuts, private devotion, and early modern art collecting
By: edited by Evelin Wetter and Frits Scholten ; with contributions by Lisa Ellis [and 8 others]
Contributors: Wetter, Evelin, 1969- editor; Scholten, Frits, editor; Ellis, Lisa, writer of supplementary textual content; Abegg-Stiftung
Series: Riggisberger Berichte -- 22; Riggisberger Berichte -- 22.
Publisher: Abegg-Stiftung
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Riggisberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9783905014648
Subjects: Devotional objects; Congresses; Catholic Church; Beads; Wood-carving; Collectors and collecting
Description: "The authors present prayer-nuts and small-scale boxwood carvings of different collections and highlight their function as private devotional objects and collector's items. They discuss prints used as models for Late Gothic and Early Renaissance miniature carvings and sculptures and present new material about the historical perception of such objects. This book contains the papers of a colloquium organised by the Abegg-Stiftung in 2012, with contributions by R. Falkenburg, E.M. Kavaler, J.C. Smith, I. Veldman et al'--
Notes: International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231).