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Collectibles Santini and Culture: the Agnus Dei: an ancient Christian tradition in step with the times to change his powerful protection of the devotees

-Agnus Dei-

Gorgeous and museum specimen manufactured on thick paper with fine wire rod fragments of the Paschal candles pontificate of Innocent XI, Benedict XIII and Clement XI well

famous relics including a piece of the veil placed on the statue of Our Lady of Loreto, on fine collage of rare vintage brocades.

Magnificent decor, typically Baroque, with Angels and rich floral miniature lighted colored tempera and gold leaf.

Origin Flemish monastery, XVII century

Private Collection Dr.Theo Breugelmans

is among the pieces housed in the most comprehensive and important collections museums and private devotional image of an extraordinary artifact absolutely sui generis and strictly conventual documentatamente knew from the golden era of its spread since the fifteenth century in Italy and major European countries of ancient Christian tradition and strong.
Originally born in the fifth century and traditionally the day of Ascension by fragmentation of the Paschal Candle distributed to the devotees in the churches at the end of Mass, the ' Agnus Dei or Lamb of God, the supreme symbol for Christians of Jesus Christ only begotten Son God sacrificed on the 'altar for the salvation of man, accompanied by that time the Christians in the remote memory the Resurrection of Our Lord by protecting them against any evil and all disasters.
As mentioned in the title of this article, this ancient tradition did not fail versatile to adapt to the times and even the fashions, skillfully shaped by the delicate hands of the nun in the final and continued till today and most common oval-shaped symbol of the lamb with the embossed the front in conjunction with the name and symbol of the supreme authority of the Pope and the Sacred Images of Jesus and Mary or the saints on verso.
applied, in the pleasant atmosphere of peace and profound spirituality of the cloistered walls, on a paper or parchment on the noble, loving and devoutly enclosed by rich and beautiful floral frame with miniature hand for the most beautiful colors derived from fruit, flowers and plants and the most precious relics of saints venerated by the Christian tradition, did not fail also transformed into a valuable present of subservient devotion to senior officials and gratitude to munificent benefactors, sometimes becoming a precious jewel of rare and magnificent patrician surrounded with precious stones and gold around the neck of pious women from the finest Italian and European families in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, up to and throughout the century Romantic .
precious relic of the Paschal Candle always been regarded by the pious folk tradition can preserve and protect the devoted keeper and his family from adverse events such as the contagion from the plague , disastrous fires, shipwrecks and even the dreaded sudden death and sudden , exposed with deep faith in the room where the fireplace used to meet the whole family or, as mentioned below even more intimately worn as a valuable pendant, the 'Agnus Dei symbolically represents the sum for centuries Divine protection, still echoing the words proclaimed by John the Baptist "Ecce Agnus Dei here tollit peccatum mundi," so faithfully as John takes us back and preciously handed in his Gospel (Gio.1, 29) .
-born Pope Innocent XI Benedict Odescalchi-(1611-1689) was the most famous collector of Italian Baroque of these precious artifacts in this regard, for further discussion on the subject I invite all fellow collectors and readers visituare virtually the wonderful Museum of the Capuchins in Reggio Emilia loving guardian among other important cultural heritage of the ancient Christian popular devotion, an important collection of Agnus Dei precious medals and devotional: http: / / www.museocappuccini.it / Reggio-Emilia / museum / collections / medals-devotional-and-agnus-dei.html ,
well as a beautiful art gallery and a considerable quantity of spectacular copper plates engraved with a burin with rare and precious pictures of Madonnas and Saints , rare and precious art gravure witnesses from the first half of the sixteenth century XIX: http://www.museocappuccini.it/reggio-emilia/museo/collezioni/lastre-di-rame-incise.html

unknown and considered at the very least while their immense historical value by the vast majority of collectors devoted Images of our country, the Agnus Dei are highly sought after and collected by Colt Collectors Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, fought in the most ancient and illustrious Auction Houses Antiquarian of these countries and the traditional and most famous Maisons Antiques of Paris and France, the Agnus Dei , they are enclosed in elegant golden ornaments of wooden baroque frames, beautifully set in precious frames gold pendants in the shape of fine or-as in the case of the splendid example that accompanies this article, belongs to a private museum collection of the Friend Dr.Theo Breugelmans- wonderfully created with a patient and meticulous work on fine brocades collage based on thick paper a permanent deal in the context of major international art market prices that currently range from a minimum of € 350-400 to reach several thousand copies to more elaborate and more distant date in time.

Paola Galanz