Relics @ the Lab: An Analytical Approach to the Study of Relics (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion)

The book Relics @ the Lab, an Analytical Approach to the Study of Relics includes a series of studies presented at the first international workshop Relics @ the Lab organized by the Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels, Belgium (27-28 October 2016). The papers cover a large variety of themes as well as analytical methods. Some papers focus on the primary relics while others deal with the nature and origin of secondary as well as tertiary relics. The first group of papers emphases on the archaeological authenticity of the relics, the second group elucidate the use, additions and manipulations of the relics through the ages. The applied analytical techniques are very diverse. Radiocarbon and physical anthropology are the main tools to study the primary relics, while dye analysis, imaging techniques, textile analysis and dendrochronology are used to study the secondary and tertiary relics. Sometimes unexpected techniques, like the analysis of writing ink or the determination of plants and excrements, complete the wide range of analytical methods used to understand the origin, nature and context of the relics. Academics as well as professionals working in archaeology, art history, museum labs and conservation sciences will find this an invaluable reference source. Back cover: The book Relics @ the Lab, an Analytical Approach to the Study of Relics includes a series of studies presented at the first international workshop Relics @ the Lab organized by the Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels, Belgium (27-28 October 2016). The papers cover a large variety of themes as well as analytical methods. Some papers focus on the primary relics while others deal with the nature and origin of secondary as well as tertiary relics. The first group of papers emphases on the archaeological authenticity of the relics, the second group elucidate the use, additions and manipulations of the relics through the ages. The applied analytical techniques are very divers. Radiocarbon and physical anthropology are the main tools to study the primary relics, while dye analysis, imaging techniques, textile analysis and dendrochronology are used to study the secondary and tertiary relics. Sometimes unexpected techniques, like the analysis of writing ink or the determination of plants and excrements, complete the wide range of analytical methods used to understand the origin, nature and context of the relics. Academics as well as professionals working in archaeology, art history, museum labs and conservation sciences will find this an invaluable reference source.. Red Fabrics in the Relic Assemblage of Turku Cathedral / Aki Arponen, Ina Vanden Berghe and Jussi Kinnunen. The Corpi Santi under the Government of Pius VI, Materiality as a Sign of Identity: First Approaches to Novohispanic Cases / Montserrat A. Báez Hernández. Medieval Iberian Relics and their Woven Vessels: The Case of San Ramón del Monte (†1126) Roda de Isabena Cathedral (Huesca, Aragon) / Ana Cabrera-Lafuente, María Judith Feliciano and Enrique Parra. Behind the Saint Guidon Shrine, a Multidisciplinary Approach of the Relics / Mathilde Daumas, Philippe Lefèvre, Jean-Pol Beauthier, Jean-Pierre Werquin, Mark Van Strydonck, Serge Van Sint Jan, Marcel Rooze, Frédéric Leroy and Stéphane Louryan.The Reliquary of Saint Dymphna: Dating Wood and Bones / Kristof Haneca and Marjan Buyle. Multidisciplinary Study of the Reliquary Contents Attributed to the Bishop Jacques de Vitry (12-13th C. AD) / Caroline Polet, Aurore Carlier, Lucie Doyen, Fiona Lebecque, Caroline Tilleux, Benoît Bertrand, Jean Bernard Huchet, Jonathan Brecko, Mathieu Boudin and Mark Van Strydonck. Sanctity Via the Light of Science: Radiographic Images of Ceroplastic Reliquaries / Gabriela Sánchez Reyes, José Luis Velázquez and Ana Lucía Montes Marrero. The Relics of Saint Odilia in Abbey Mariënlof (Kerniel, Belgium) / Jeroen Reyniers, Mathieu Boudin, Kim Quintelier and Mark Van Strydonck. The Relic Treasure of Herkenrode, an Online Data Base / Fanny Van Cleven, Shirin Van Eenhooge, Frieda Sorber, Mark Van Strydonck, Ina Vanden Berghe and Marit Vandenbruaene. A Box Full of Surprises. Relics Excavated in St. Rumboll's Cathedral (Mechelen, Belgium) / Fanny Van Cleven, Ina Vanden Berghe, Mathieu Boudin, Alexia Coudray, Joke Bungeneers, Veerle Hendriks, Marc Mees, Kim Quintelier, Gerrit Vanden Bosch, Marina Van Bos, Maaike Vandorpe, Mark Van Strydonck, Lieve Watteeuw and Ignace Bourgeois . The Veneration of Harlindis and Relindis and the Enigmatic Content of their Relic Shrines. A Story about Ashes, Bones, Fabrics, Needles, Ivory and 'Unexpectel' Substances / Mark Van Strydonck, Mathieu Boudin, Katrien Houbey, Caroline Polet, Anja Neskens and Fanny Van Cleven. Interdisciplinary Study of the 15th Century C.E. Medieval Russian Icon of Our Lady Deksiokratusa "Mylostivaja" ("The Gracious") (Dendrochronology, Radiocarbon Dating, Chemical and Physical Analysis, Historical and Cultural Studies) / Konstantin Voronin and Mariya Kabanova The book Relics @ the Lab, an Analytical Approach to the Study of Relics includes a series of studies presented at the first international workshop Relics @ the Lab organized by the Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels, Belgium (27-28 October 2016). The papers cover a large variety of themes as well as analytical methods. Some papers focus on the primary relics while others deal with the nature and origin of secondary as well as tertiary relics. The first group of papers emphases on the archaeological authenticity of the relics, the second group elucidate the use, additions and manipulations of the relics through the ages. The applied analytical techniques are very divers. Radiocarbon and physical anthropology are the main tools to study the primary relics, while dye analysis, imaging techniques, textile analysis and dendrochronology are used to study the secondary and tertiary relics. Sometimes unexpected techniques, like the analysis of writing ink or the determination of plants and excrements, complete the wide range of analytical methods used to understand the origin, nature and context of the relics. Academics as well as professionals working in archaeology, art history, museum labs and conservation sciences will find this an invaluable reference source. -- Provided by publisher, page 4 of cover CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION 8 RED FABRICS IN THE RELIC ASSEMBLAGE OF TURKU CATHEDRAL 10 THE CORPI SANTI UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF PIUS VI, MATERIALITY AS A SIGN OF IDENTITY: FIRST APPROACHES TO NOVOHISPANIC CASES 28 MEDIEVAL IBERIAN RELICS AND THEIR WOVEN VESSELS: THE CASE OF SAN RAMÓN DEL MONTE (†1126) RODA DE ISABENA CATHEDRAL (HUESCA, ARAGON) 50 BEHIND THE SAINT GUIDON SHRINE, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH OF THE RELICS 84