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- This paper seeks to apprehend the efficacy of several liturgical objects during the early modern period, placing them within a network of relationships that are fashioned around them and caused by them. Firstly, the aesthetic dimension of Eucharistic objects such as a chalice, paten and monstrance will be studied in the light of their functional dimension, especially with regard to the issue of decorum, that is the appropriateness of form to function. The focus will be on the relation between the individual objects, together with a ritualized time-space dependent on the liturgical calendar and the structuration of sacred space. Secondly, through the study of relations between these objects and their ‘manipulators’, we will explore their sensory and ritual aspects within the historical boundary of c. 1450-1550. The chosen point of departure are liturgical artefacts that beg to be ‘consumed’. As an alternative to the cultural/anthropological and theological approach, which departs from liturgical writings, the sources and perception of the ‘layman’ are the focal point. Drastically separating both spheres would be pointless. There is, however, also the ‘intersection’ of well-ordered orthodoxy on the one hand and spontaneous, emotionally charged grass roots on the other. Starting from this view, a look is taken at how, and in what way, the ritual act can be an indicator for a broader shift in the mentality of a people.
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Heering, C., & Wauters, W. (2018). From aesthetic to sensory values of liturgical objects between 1400-1700. HNA conference (Historians of Netherlandish Art), Gand. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/127678