Publication: Ecce crucem domini fugite partes adversas. La Cruz de los Conjuros de la Catedral de Orihuela
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Cecilia Espinosa, Mariano
Ruiz Ángel, Gemma
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Roma Tre Press / Enredars - UPO
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En este trabajo se estudia una pieza de platería inédita de la colección artística de la Catedral de Orihuela: la Cruz de los Conjuros. Esta singular obra es la expresión material de las creencias en torno al poder de la Santa Cruz en momentos dramáticos como las epidemias, las inundaciones o las sequías que asolaron el sur valenciano durante la Edad Moderna. En torno a ella se realizaban rituales, ceremonias y conjuros enmarcados en rogativas, conjuraciones y bendiciones de términos que pretendían lograr la misericordia divina a través de la intercesión de santos, mártires, la Vera Cruz o la Virgen.
In this work an unpublished piece of silverware from the Orihuela Cathedral’s artistic collection is studied: the Cruz de los Conjuros. This unique work is the material expression of the beliefs around the power of the Holy Cross in dramatic moments such as the epidemics, floods or droughts that devastated the Valencian South during the Modern Age. Rituals, ceremonies and spells framed in prayers, conjurations and blessings of terms that were intended to achieve divine mercy through the intercession of saints, martyrs, the True Cross or the Virgin were carried out in tone to it.
In this work an unpublished piece of silverware from the Orihuela Cathedral’s artistic collection is studied: the Cruz de los Conjuros. This unique work is the material expression of the beliefs around the power of the Holy Cross in dramatic moments such as the epidemics, floods or droughts that devastated the Valencian South during the Modern Age. Rituals, ceremonies and spells framed in prayers, conjurations and blessings of terms that were intended to achieve divine mercy through the intercession of saints, martyrs, the True Cross or the Virgin were carried out in tone to it.