Clothing as a Symbol of Charity and Soul Salvation in Late Medieval Kotor (Cattaro)
Abstract
Religious practices in late medieval Kotor included charitable acts of donating clothes to the poor as a form of imitatio Christi. The model of charity for the faithful to follow was set in the vitae of widely-favoured saints such as Sts Martin of Tours, Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Sienna, whose portraits were painted on the walls of Kotor's church of St Anne in the second half of the fifteenth century. Evidence for the practice and purpose of this particular form of charity is found in the surviving wills of the citizens of Kotor. Apart from giving clothes to the poor out of concern pro remedio animae, the motif of clothes features in the deceased's testamentary instructions for burial in the habit of a mendicant order.
Keywords:
caritas / Kotor (Cattaro) / the poor / wills / clothing / saints / stigmatization / imitatio ChristiSource:
Balcanica, 2008, 39, 103-114Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Živković, Valentina PY - 2008 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4282 AB - Religious practices in late medieval Kotor included charitable acts of donating clothes to the poor as a form of imitatio Christi. The model of charity for the faithful to follow was set in the vitae of widely-favoured saints such as Sts Martin of Tours, Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Sienna, whose portraits were painted on the walls of Kotor's church of St Anne in the second half of the fifteenth century. Evidence for the practice and purpose of this particular form of charity is found in the surviving wills of the citizens of Kotor. Apart from giving clothes to the poor out of concern pro remedio animae, the motif of clothes features in the deceased's testamentary instructions for burial in the habit of a mendicant order. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts T2 - Balcanica T1 - Clothing as a Symbol of Charity and Soul Salvation in Late Medieval Kotor (Cattaro) SP - 103 EP - 114 IS - 39 DO - 10.2298/BALC0839103Z UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4282 ER -
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Živković, V.. (2008). Clothing as a Symbol of Charity and Soul Salvation in Late Medieval Kotor (Cattaro). in Balcanica Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(39), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839103Z https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4282
Živković V. Clothing as a Symbol of Charity and Soul Salvation in Late Medieval Kotor (Cattaro). in Balcanica. 2008;(39):103-114. doi:10.2298/BALC0839103Z https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4282 .
Živković, Valentina, "Clothing as a Symbol of Charity and Soul Salvation in Late Medieval Kotor (Cattaro)" in Balcanica, no. 39 (2008):103-114, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839103Z ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4282 .