er-elvnevcrhc geen.ser-ninated frorn Antu,erp through out Europe and ber.oncl at the tinre olthe...
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SpiritualVirgins and their Passion for Devotional Prints R uusb-roec InsLirute. Print loom ' Thrj. Colllecrion Evrr.r':ir, Vr,rrrl.ccr,l (PhD) u.or-ks as a heritage spccralist for religious heritase especially conccrning devotional prints, pror.rs objccts :rnc1 clmrches. rvlvui er-elvnevcrhc geen. nl Some ir-nportant sourcres for: research into the religior.rs historv and culture of Flarrclers ';l.e arcliudlia ud Ctttl'xtlka: pious books and manuscripts. Less rve1l-knotn soLlrces for rcsearch in this àrea are der,-otional prints or'pra.ver pictures'.These little pictures \\,ere dis- ser-ninated frorn Antu,erp through out Europe and ber.oncl at the tinre olthe Catholic Counter Relornration. The.v served, in addition to the imasination of belief, i'rs irn inrportant aid to pra,ver. During the Early Modern period manv people experienced the calling to fbllorv Christ.Thousancls of r.r,omen united thernselr.es rri:r a nrvstic:r1 r,ved- ding rvith tl'reir heavenly groon'r and in the process nrade the vow of chastity. Mosr oírltcre r|irittt.tl r irgin' or s|j1'- itu al dar,r gh t ers (fil i a c d e u o r ae ), hor.r..ever, in contrast to nllns. rern:rinecf in the §'orlcl' :1nd \vere ilctive ir1 edr-rcation and handiu.ork (e.g. er.nbroiderv ar-rd lacenr:rking). (Serni) reiigious \\,orre1r were ir definite lrajoritv irr relation to their rnale counterpar:ts. In rhe northern Netherlands such spiritLlà1 virsins or clar-ighters r,vcre popularlv ca11ed'klopjes' u.hereas in Flanders they s.ere called'kil,.ezels'.The'quesel' clepicted o11 page 8 stenrs flonr a series of representations of religious clress in the seventeelrth ancl eighteenth centr-rries. 26 De lesse van de morale lThe lesson on morality], colou red co p per engravinq on parchment, anonymous.Thljs Col ectlon lrr their dail,v lives the uilqins made fu11 use of devotional prints. ln Ants.erp rnillions of these pictures -ur,ere printed to inspire a virtuolts hfe tollorving Clhrist, His mother Mar.v and the saints. C)n one of tlrese prints ttvo Sltirínal Virgitrs àre pictured together u,ith their nrain exelnplàr Marr,.. Thev are i11 the process of receiving a nreditation lesson fiorl her rvhile doing their handitork. rit. t-E.J:t- II
Transcript of er-elvnevcrhc geen.ser-ninated frorn Antu,erp through out Europe and ber.oncl at the tinre olthe...
SpiritualVirgins and their Passion for Devotional PrintsR uusb-roec InsLirute. Print loom ' Thrj. Colllecrion
Evrr.r':ir, Vr,rrrl.ccr,l (PhD) u.or-ks as a heritagespccralist for religious heritase especially
conccrning devotional prints, pror.rs objccts:rnc1 clmrches.rvlvui er-elvnevcrhc geen. nl
Some ir-nportant sourcres for: research
into the religior.rs historv and cultureof Flarrclers ';l.e arcliudlia ud Ctttl'xtlka:
pious books and manuscripts. Less
rve1l-knotn soLlrces for rcsearch in thisàrea are der,-otional prints or'pra.verpictures'.These little pictures \\,ere dis-ser-ninated frorn Antu,erp through outEurope and ber.oncl at the tinre oltheCatholic Counter Relornration. The.vserved, in addition to the imasinationof belief, i'rs irn inrportant aid to pra,ver.
During the Early Modern periodmanv people experienced the callingto fbllorv Christ.Thousancls of r.r,omen
united thernselr.es rri:r a nrvstic:r1 r,ved-
ding rvith tl'reir heavenly groon'r and inthe process nrade the vow of chastity.
Mosr oírltcre r|irittt.tl r irgin' or s|j1'-
itu al dar,r gh t ers (fil i a c d e u o r ae ), hor.r..ever,
in contrast to nllns. rern:rinecf in the§'orlcl' :1nd \vere ilctive ir1 edr-rcation
and handiu.ork (e.g. er.nbroiderv ar-rd
lacenr:rking). (Serni) reiigious \\,orre1rwere ir definite lrajoritv irr relationto their rnale counterpar:ts. In rhe
northern Netherlands such spiritLlà1
virsins or clar-ighters r,vcre popularlvca11ed'klopjes' u.hereas in Flandersthey s.ere called'kil,.ezels'.The'quesel'clepicted o11 page 8 stenrs flonr a series ofrepresentations of religious clress in theseventeelrth ancl eighteenth centr-rries.
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De lesse van de morale lThe lesson on morality], colou red co p per
engravinq on parchment, anonymous.Thljs Col ectlon
lrr their dail,v lives the uilqins made fu11
use of devotional prints. ln Ants.erprnillions of these pictures -ur,ere printedto inspire a virtuolts hfe tollorving Clhrist,
His mother Mar.v and the saints. C)n
one of tlrese prints ttvo Sltirínal Virgitrs
àre pictured together u,ith their nrainexelnplàr Marr,.. Thev are i11 the process
of receiving a nreditation lesson fiorlher rvhile doing their handitork.
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