Catalog of the temporary exhibition Relíquias? The reliquiarum project

The catalog of the temporary exhibition “relíquas? the reliquiarum project”, presents us conceptually with a project: the reliquiarum. This was, therefore, an exposition of questions, reflection and the latent doubt when starting a research project. What are relics and what are they for? What about reliquaries, containers or works of art? Why do they have so many typologies? The visual impact of the materiality of the relic; the importance of documentation and the creation of a portal; the affective and devotional bond that the relics generate in the populations, the festivities, but also if these same devotions last in the future, and in what way...

Overall coordination: Maria Margaret Montenegro
Executive Coordination: Teresa de Freitas Morna

Coordination of the reliquiarum project: Antonio Camões Gouveia
Commissariat: reliquiarum team António Camões Gouveia, Carlota Cyrne Manoel, Gonçalo de Carvalho Amaro, João Miguel Simões, Maria Eduarda Napoleão, Maria do Carmo Lino, Maria João Pacheco Ferreira, Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço, Silvia Linhares de Freitas Pereira and Teresa de Freitas Morna

Authorship of Texts: António Camões Gouveia, Gonçalo de Carvalho Amaro, João Miguel Simões, Maria João Pacheco Ferreira, Teresa de Freitas Morna

Translation: Multilingual Europe
Graphic design: Luis Chimeno Garrido

Year of publication: September, 2022
Editor: Editorial Center | Directorate of Culture at SCML
ISBN: 9789899021655