The Shroud at Court : History, Usages, Places and Images of a Dynastic Relic

The Shroud at the Court analyses, through various essays characterized by a multidisciplinary and diachronic perspective, the strict ties created between the Shroud and the Savoy court from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Presented as proof of the divine legitimacy of Savoy lineage, the Shroud (of which the Savoy dynasty came into possession in 1453, keeping it first in Chambéry and then from 1578 in Turin) was central to their propagandistic strategies. The court – its spaces, protagonists, and rituals – became the natural setting for a relationship reinforced over time through customs, ceremonies, and images intended to celebrate the excellence of the Savoy, both within their own state and in Europe's “society of princes”.Contributors are Paola Caretta, Paolo Cornaglia, Paolo Cozzo, Davide De Franco, Bernard Dompnier, Laura Gaffuri, Pierangelo Gentile, Luisella Giachino, Andrea Merlotti, Frédéric Meyer, Andrea Nicolotti, Almudena Pérez de Tudela, Laurent Ripart, Alessandro Serra and Franca Varallo. Contents 5 Illustrations 7 Abbreviations 10 Contributors 11 Chapter 1 13 Introduction 13 Paolo Cozzo, Andrea Merlotti, Andrea Nicolotti 13 Chapter 2 18 Présentation : Le Saint Suaire entre pratiques dévotionnelles et stratégies politiques 18 Bernard Dompnier 18 Chapter 3 32 The Acquisition of the Shroud by the House of Savoy: Documentary Evidence 32 Andrea Nicolotti 32 Chapter 4 69 Le Saint Suaire, les Savoie et Chambéry (1453-1515) 69 Laurent Ripart 69 Chapter 5 87 Centre dynastique, religiosité et mémoire urbaine : Chambéry et le Saint Suaire du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle 87 Frédéric Meyer 87 Chapter 6 101 The First Exhibitions of the Shroud in Piedmont and Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy 101 Laura Gaffuri 101 Chapter 7 116 A Relic to See and Touch: the Sensory Dimension of the Shroud in Court (XVI-XX Centuries) 116 Paolo Cozzo 116 Chapter 8 136 The Holy Shroud between the Court of Savoy and the City of Turin: The Ostensions from the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Century (1630-1831) 136 Andrea Merlotti 136 Chapter 9 179 Turin and the Holy Shroud: Supplies of Wheat and Management of Public Order during the Ostensions (XVII-XVIII Centuries) 179 Davide De Franco 179 Chapter 10 197 Sindonic Panegyrics in the 17th Century 197 Luisella Giachino 197 Chapter 11 226 “Accesi di devoto affetto verso questa meravigliosa reliquia”: The Roman Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Shroud’s Devotional Choices and Strategies of Cult Promotion (17th-18th Centuries) 226 Alessandro Serra 226 Chapter 12 250 The Shroud in the Ceremonial Policy of the House of Savoy between the End of the 16th Century and the 18th Century 250 Franca Varallo 250 Chapter 13 284 “Se bene è nella città di Torino, nondimeno in qualche parte ne gode Roma”: Some Considerations on the (Mis)Fortune of Savoyard Iconography in Papal Rome 284 Paola Caretta 284 Chapter 14 309 The Old Piedmont becomes the New Italy: the Ostensions for the Nuptials of the Crown Princes Vittorio Emanuele and Umberto (1842-1868) 309 Pierangelo Gentile 309 Chapter 15 325 Copies of the Holy Shroud for the Court of King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) 325 Almudena Pérez de Tudela Gabaldón 325 Chapter 16 347 Museum versus Chapel of the Holy Shroud. The Octagonal Hall of the Palace of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and King of Cyprus 347 Paolo Cornaglia 347 Select Bibliography 367 Index of Names 373 Introduction / Paolo Cozzo, Andrea Merlotti, Andrea Nicolotti Presentation : le Saint Suaire entre pratiques devotionnelles et strategies politiques / Bernard Dompnier The acquisition of the Shroud by the House of Savoy : documentary evidence / Andrea Nicolotti Le Saint Suaire, les Savoie et Chambery (1453-1515) / Laurent Ripart Centre dynastique, religiosite et memoire urbaine : Chambery et le Saint Suaire du XVie au XVIIIe siecle / Frederic Meyer The first exhibitions of the Shroud in Piedmont and Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy / Laura Gaffuri A relic to see and touch : the sensory dimension of the Shroud in court (XVI-XX centuries) / Paolo Cozzo The Holy Shroud between the Court of Savoy and the city of Turin : the ostensions in seventeenth and nineteenth centuries (1630-1831) / Andrea Merlotti Turin and the Holy Shroud : supplies of wheat and management of public order during the ostensions (XVII-XVIII centuries) / Davide De Franco Syndonic panegyrics in the 17th century / Luisella Giachino "Accesi di devoto affetto verso questa meravigliosa reliquia" : the Roman archconfraternity of the Most Holy Shroud's devotional choices and strategies of cult promotion (17th-18th centuries) / Alessandro Serra The Shroud in the ceremonial policy of the House of Savoy between the end of the 16th century and the 18th century / Franca Varallo "Se bene e nella citta di Torino, nondimeno in qualche parte ne gode Roma" : some considerations on the (mis)fortune of Savoyard iconography in Papal Rome / Paola Caretta The old Piedmont becomes the new Italy : the ostensions for the nuptials of the Crown Princes Vittorio Emanuele and Umberto (1842-1868) / Pierangelo Gentile Copies of the Holy Shroud for the Court of King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) / Almudena Perez de Tudela Gabaldon Museum versus Chapel of the Holy Shroud : the octagonal hall of the Palace of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and King of Cyprus / Paolo Cornaglia. "The Shroud at the Court analyses, through various essays characterized by a multidisciplinary and diachronic perspective, the strict ties created between the Shroud and the Savoy court from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Presented as proof of the divine legitimacy of Savoy lineage, the Shroud (of which the Savoy dynasty came into possession in 1453, keeping it first in Chambéry and then from 1578 in Turin) was central to their propagandistic strategies. The court--its spaces, protagonists, and rituals--became the natural setting for a relationship reinforced over time through customs, ceremonies, and images intended to celebrate the excellence of the Savoy, both within their own state and in Europe's 'society of princes.' Contributors are Paola Caretta, Paolo Cornaglia, Paolo Cozzo, Davide De Franco, Bernard Dompnier, Laura Gaffuri, Pierangelo Gentile, Luisella Giachino, Andrea Merlotti, Frédéric Meyer, Andrea Nicolotti, Almudena Pérez de Tudela, Laurent Ripart, Alessandro Serra and Franca Varallo"-- Provided by publisher The Shroud at the Court analyses, through various essays characterized by a multidisciplinary and diachronic perspective, the strict ties created between the Shroud and the Savoy court from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Presented as proof of the divine legitimacy of Savoy lineage, the Shroud (of which the Savoy dynasty came into possession in 1453, keeping it first in Chambéry and then from 1578 in Turin) was central to their propagandistic strategies. The court - its spaces, protagonists, and rituals - became the natural setting for a relationship reinforced over time through customs, ceremonies, and images intended to celebrate the excellence of the Savoy, both within their own state and in Europe's "society of princes". Contributors are Paola Caretta, Paolo Cornaglia, Paolo Cozzo, Davide De Franco, Bernard Dompnier, Laura Gaffuri, Pierangelo Gentile, Luisella Giachino, Andrea Merlotti, Frédéric Meyer, Andrea Nicolotti, Almudena Pérez de Tudela, Laurent Ripart, Alessandro Serra and Franca Varallo