1st Edition
Early Modern Replicas of the Holy House of Loreto Translating Space
By Erin Giffin
Copyright 2025
272 Pages
28 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
28 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
28 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This comprehensive and cross-cultural study examines three-dimensional structural replicas of the Santa Casa, or Holy House of the Virgin Mary, and related circulating visual and textual media.
Interdisciplinary in its design, the project engages with a broad spectrum of cultures and lay strata, redirecting early modern studies to prioritize anonymously produced Catholic cult objects and... Read more
Introduction 1. Competing Foundations 2. Print as a Means of Flight 3. Devotion through Degradation 4. One in the Same 5. Mater Ecclesiae Conclusion
Biography
Erin Giffin is Visiting Assistant Professor at Hamilton College, USA.






