Wrapping Transcendence
The Semiotics of Reliquaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9322282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Massimo Leone (0000-0002-8144-4337, University of Turin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | S49-S83 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Signs and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2326-4489 • E-ISSN: 2326-4497 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/674314 |
| OpenAlex | W2038744043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 24 |
After pinpointing the semiotic mechanism of relics, this essay highlights the danger of their being turned into fetishes with reference to the Tractatus Garsiae , a hilarious medieval parody that wittily uncovers the semiotic proximity between the collection of fetishized relics and that of fetishized money. In subsequent sections I point out how reliquaries have been adopted as an antidote to the fetishizing of relics and explain how that works through a theoretical analysis of the human anthropology of wrapping. After indicating some possible directions for further analysis (in order to deepen the typological and comparative knowledge of reliquaries), I conclude the essay by focusing on a case study of a pragmatically felicitous instance of a reliquary: the semiotic “open work” of Francis Xavier’s seventeenth-century reliquary in Goa
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |