Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ex-Voto as Material Culture - Ittai Weinryb
One. Fractured Narratives: Writing the Biography of a Votive Offering - Jessica Hughes
Two. Between the Body and the Divine: Healing Votives from Classical and Hellenistic Greece - Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis
Three. Italian Ex-Votos and “Pro-Anima” Images in the Late Middle Ages - Michele Bacci
Four. Renaissance Perspectives on Classical Antique Votive Practices - Megan Holmes
Five. Humble Offerings: Votive Panel Paintings in Renaissance Italy - Fredrika Jacobs
Six. Donated before the Gods: Popular Display of Edo-Period Ema Tablets - Hilary K. Snow
Seven. Presence and Narrative in the Ex-Votos of New Spain - Clara Bargellini
Eight. Vows on Water: Ship Ex-Votos as Things, Metaphors, and Mediators of Communality - Hannah Baader
Nine. Nazr Necessities: Votive Practices and Objects in Iranian Muharram Ceremonies - Christiane Gruber
Ten. Procreative Giving: Votive Wombs and the Study of Ex-Votos - Ittai Weinryb
Contributors
Index