Programme
The connection between written sources and the materialisation of objects is important for
understanding the processes of visual articulation in the Orthodox liturgy and other religious
services. Liturgical artefacts reflect not only the artistic but, above all, the religious context of their
time. Church utensils made of precious metal were intermediaries that could travel long distances,
transporting ideas and iconographic patterns, various types of “secondary decorations”, and the
morphological characteristics of certain types of liturgical objects. In this sense, certain types of
artefacts play a crucial role in the construction and formation of Eastern Orthodox visual culture
and iconography.
Keywords:
Material Culture, Liturgical Objects, Iconography, Liturgical Practices, Early Modern Period