#votiv

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Still Life with Flowers and Fruits · Munich

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Votiv

The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle, England. 28/05/23.

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Memorial - Mia Bergeron ,  2024.

American, b. 1979  -

Small colour acrylic on Yupo paper , 5 x 7 in.

[ltwilliammowett]

Votive ship in the Kakskerta Church, Finland. Date unknown, photo by ast2009

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~ Jewel Tones ~

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3/8/24

[thesilicontribesman]

Llyn Cerrig Bach Iron Age Votive Hoard Selection

[statementlou]

I choose to believe City Hall was lit up red because that was Liam's color, thanks city of San Francisco. And thank you to the organizer and to everyone who came to sit and sing and cry and write messages for the lovely gathering 💔it's good to be together

[letmeinimafairy]

This porcelain chip's pattern immediately reminded me of Gothic windows, and in turn it made me think of votive ships. Painted sea pottery, sea glass, driftwood and pearls

[vintage-ukraine]

Heart-shaped silver votive offerings from the collection of the MIST Museum in Kyiv, early XXth century

[hypokeimena]

i tagged something as "very etruscan votive stomach pussy" and just in case any of my more recent followers haven't seen it

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[bebemoon]

look for the name KALINA, (requested by anonymous) | elywood dark brown folded layer dress w/ ruffle, kamperett black velvet puff headband w/ trailing ribbons, sacrificium sterling silver agia paraskevi votive necklace, alkemia "veneficium" eau de parfum (wild ginger, purple hyacinth, datura, green ivy, nightshade leaf, wet oakmoss, tonka, fresh earth, galbanum), florentini + baker tapestry leather heeled boots w/ fur trim

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Greek Temple Complex Reveals Thousands of Votive Figurines

Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” pottery offerings left by ancient worshippers over the centuries, Greece’s Culture Ministry said Wednesday.

A ministry statement said the finds from work this year included more than 2,000 intact or almost complete clay figurines, mostly of women and children but also some of male actors, as well as of tortoises, lions, pigs and birds.

Several ceremonial pottery vessels that were unearthed are linked with the worship of Demeter, the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, and her daughter Persephone, to whom the excavated sanctuary complex was dedicated.

The seaside site of Vryokastro on Kythnos was the ancient capital of the island, inhabited without break between the 12th century B.C. and the 7th A.D., when it was abandoned for a stronger position during a period of pirate raids.

The artifacts came from the scant ruins of the two small temples, a long building close by that may have served as a temple storeroom and a nearby pit where older offerings were buried to make space for new ones. The sanctuary was in use for about a thousand years, starting from the 7th century B.C.

The excavation by Greece’s University of Thessaly and the Culture Ministry also found luxury pottery imported from other parts of Greece, ornate lamps and fragments of ritual vases used in the worship of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis, an ancient Athens suburb.

It is unclear to what extent the site on Kythnos was associated with Eleusis — one of the most important religious centers in ancient Greece, where the goddesses were worshipped during secret rites that were only open to initiates forbidden to speak of what they saw. The sanctuary at Eleusis is known to have owned land on the island.

Kythnos, in the Cyclades island group, was first inhabited about 10,000 years ago. Its copper deposits were mined from the 3rd millennium B.C., and in Roman times it was a place of political exile.

The excavations are set to continue through 2025.

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Votive ship, Scandinavia, 1590-1610

A votive ship is a ship model displayed in a church. Votive ships were constructed and given as gifts to the church by ship builders and seamen, often as a token of gratitude for a safe return from a hazardous voyage.

The practice of displaying model ships in churches stems from the Middle Ages and appears to have been known throughout Christian Europe. The oldest known remaining votive ship is a Spanish ship model from the 15th century.

This is the oldest surviving votive ship in Scandinavia. It was probably built between 1590 and 1610, possibly in the Low Countries. Originally it hung in Stockholm Cathedral (Storkyrkan). It has been badly damaged over the centuries: the masts, rigging, beak and quarter galleries are all missing. The galleon-shaped hull is lavishly decorated with miniature portraits. Among these figures are monks, harp-playing ladies and a black man in European dress. The painted decorations include wine leaves, pillars painted in trompe-l`oeil, griffins, basilisks and lions. After c. 1610 it became more common to decorate the ships with painted sculptures.

Like many other votive ships, the bottom of the hull is unrealistically reduced in size as the model was meant to be viewed from below. Generally, this type of model was more a work of art/religious object rather than a faithful scale model of an actual sailing ship.

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