Sinais de Expostos

Catalog of the historical-documentary exhibition dedicated to the signs of exhibits, writings and artifacts that accompanied abandoned children and placed in the care of the Lisbon Misericórdia, dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, organized by the São Roque Museum in 1987. Maria João Madeira Rodrigues clarifies that “the documents and objects traditionally called Signs of the Exposed refer to a practice of Assistance that, committed to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon since the Royal Charter of 1543, has become more complex in a complex process between the anonymity of the individual who delivers the a child and the legal entity Misericórdia de Lisboa. The way to identify the Exposed with a view to future recovery or the manifestation of an original link is imprecise and begins with placing documents or objects that mark their origin on the abandoned child”. In this catalog, the manuscripts of a set of 69 exhibit signs are inventoried, illustrated, briefly described and transcribed. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Lisbon holds one of the best collections of this nature currently in existence, a collection integrated into the Historical Archive Exhibition Center which is made known to all readers through this publication.  

Authors: Maria João Madeira Rodrigues; Francisco d'Orey Manoel; Maria Teresa Cota Dias; Luiza Santiago Soeiro

Year of Publication: 1987
Editor: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

ISBN@: 9789899021860
Format: ePub
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