Signs of Exposed

Catalog of the historical-documentary exhibition dedicated to the signs of abandoned children, writings, and artifacts that accompanied the abandoned children entrusted to the care of the Misericórdia de Lisboa, dated from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, organized by the Museu de São Roque in 1987. Maria João Madeira Rodrigues clarifies that “the documents and objects traditionally referred to as Signs of the Abandoned refer to a practice of Assistance that, committed to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa since the Royal Charter of 1543, has deepened into a complex process between the anonymity of the individual who entrusts a child to another and the collective entity Misericórdia de Lisboa. The way to identify the Abandoned aiming for a future recovery or the manifestation of an original bond is imprecise and begins with the attachment to the abandoned child of documents or objects that mark its origin.” In this catalog, a total of 69 signs of abandoned children are inventoried, illustrated, summarized, and transcribed. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa holds one of the best collections of this nature currently existing, a collection integrated into the Núcleo dos Expostos of the Historical Archive that is made known to all readers through this publication.  

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

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

ISBN@: 9789899021860
Format: ePub
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