Il Doge and Easter Processions at San Marco in Early Modern Venice
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Il Doge and Easter Processions at San Marco in Early Modern Venice. / Petersen, Nils Holger.
Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual Vol 5: Transfer and Spaces. ed. / Gita Dharampal-Frick; Robert Langer; Nils Holger Petersen. Vol. 5 Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010. p. 301-311.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Il Doge and Easter Processions at San Marco in Early Modern Venice
AU - Petersen, Nils Holger
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The splendour of ducal processions in Venice as an expression of political mythology connected to La serenissima is well known and has been discussed – among others – by Edward Muir. In this paper I propose to discuss features of the early modern Good Friday and Easter morning processions, c. 1500–1800. Traditional representational features – from the early Middle Ages – e.g. of the women at Christ’s grave had been incorporated into these ducal processions during the sixteenth century with special roles for the doge. The complex of solemn processions from the ducal palace around the San Marco piazza and into the basilica emphasizing political hierarchy on the one hand and combined with medieval representational liturgical traditions on the other provided a unique ceremonial which can be read as ritually manifesting several – intertwined yet different – kinds of sacrosanctity: sacred church spaces and objects, among them the temporarily erected Easter sepulchre, as well as the sacrosanct office of the doge ultimately dependent on the victory of Christ.
AB - The splendour of ducal processions in Venice as an expression of political mythology connected to La serenissima is well known and has been discussed – among others – by Edward Muir. In this paper I propose to discuss features of the early modern Good Friday and Easter morning processions, c. 1500–1800. Traditional representational features – from the early Middle Ages – e.g. of the women at Christ’s grave had been incorporated into these ducal processions during the sixteenth century with special roles for the doge. The complex of solemn processions from the ducal palace around the San Marco piazza and into the basilica emphasizing political hierarchy on the one hand and combined with medieval representational liturgical traditions on the other provided a unique ceremonial which can be read as ritually manifesting several – intertwined yet different – kinds of sacrosanctity: sacred church spaces and objects, among them the temporarily erected Easter sepulchre, as well as the sacrosanct office of the doge ultimately dependent on the victory of Christ.
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - liturgy; music; Republic of Venice
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-447-06205-3
VL - 5
SP - 301
EP - 311
BT - Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual Vol 5
A2 - Dharampal-Frick, Gita
A2 - Langer, Robert
A2 - Petersen, Nils Holger
PB - Harrassowitz Verlag
CY - Wiesbaden
ER -
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