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1	Milagros: A Book of Miracles more books like this by Helen Thompson, Paddy Bruce (Illustrator) add to wishlist A rich introduction to, and whimsical history of, the popular Mexican folk-charms known as milagros (the spanish word for miracles). see all copies from $2.15! new only from $7.65! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States more books like this by Jorge Durand, Douglas S Massey add to wishlist Few forms of religious folk art are as abundant or expressive as Mexican retablos - folk images painted on sheets of tin that are offered as votives of thanks to Christ or the Virgin Mary for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed. In this vivid study, Jorge Durand and Douglas Massey offer a multilayered analysis of retablos created by Mexican ... see all copies from $7.69! new only from $20.61! \| first editions \| SVS
3	El Corazon de La Muerte: Altars and Offerings for Days of the Dead more books like this by Bea Carrillo Hocker (Contributions by), Barbara Henry (Contributions by), Rafael Jesus Gonzalez (Introduction by) add to wishlist This is a dual-language book with text in English and Spanish. This is an art book that presents the colorful and magical altars and shrines built to honor the dead in the old Mexican tradition. The Oakland Museum has invited artists to create these every year for the last ten years and the wonderful collection here is the best of the best in full ... see all copies from $12.48! new only from $14.38!
4	The Icon: Holy Images, Sixth to Fourteenth Century more books like this by Kurt Weitzmann add to wishlist see all copies from $2.60! new only from $39.98! \| first editions
5	Milagros: Votive Offerings From The Americas more books like this by Martha Egan, Marion Oettinger, Jr. (Introduction by) add to wishlist Milagros are small objects offered to saints or popular images of deities in return for favors granted or prayers answered. They are found throughout Latin America, offered by the hundreds of thousands of devoted petitioners whose purchase or fabrication of these votive offerings continues an ancient folk practice. This is a bilingual presentation ... see all copies from $5.31! new only from $17.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Sowing and the Dawning: Termination, Dedication, and Transformation in the Archaeological and Ethnographic Record of Mesoamerica more books like this by Shirley Boteler Mock (Editor) add to wishlist Builds new bridges to an understanding of the past in Mesoamerica by linking ethnography, archaeology, ethnohistory, and epigraphy to explore the archaeological record. see all copies from $4.20! new only from $5.98!
7	Mexican Folk Retablos more books like this by Gloria Fraser Giffords, Jerry D Ferrin (Photographer) add to wishlist First published in 1974, this study of religious paintings on tin -- an art that flourished in Mexico in the nineteenth century -- has never been surpassed. It remains an important resource for folk art scholars and enthusiasts both. This revised edition includes the most current information on the iconography of the saints. The first part of the ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $23.59! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Idol Food in Corinth more books like this by Alex T Cheung add to wishlist This historical and exegetical strongly challenges the widely held view that Paul regarded idol food as a matter of indifference. Instead, it proposes that Paul considers conscious consumption of idol food a denial of one's allegiance to Christ. see all copies from $38.43! new only from $70.84! \| first editions
9	The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai more books like this by Mary Stieber add to wishlist Some of the loveliest works of Archaic art were the Athenian korai - sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offerings to the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis. Sculpted in the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., they served as votives until Persians sacked the citadel in 480/79 B.C. Subsequently, they were buried as a group and ... see all copies from $46.30! new only from $51.48!
10	Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection more books like this by Doris Francis (Editor), Paul Smutko (Photographer) add to wishlist Amulets are objects of supranormal potency that safeguard the wearer during critical periods of life passage and transformation. Ex-votos, small metal objects often in the shapes of human figures or specific parts of the body, are presented as gifts to supernatural beings in thankful reciprocation for favours received. Drawing on examples from the ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
11	Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Sherif El-Sabban add to wishlist The temple calendars of Ancient Egypt indicate the dates of religious festivals and the supplies needed for these and for the regular cult. They reflect the attitudes of the Egyptians to the worship of their gods as a basic foundation of their lives; the temple was the god's home on Earth, and the daily food and drink offerings made to the deity ... see all copies from $62.99! new only from $89.95!
12	Mexican Folk Retablos: Masterpieces on Tin more books like this by Gloria Giffords add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
13 view cover	The Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits more books like this by Richard Bradley add to wishlist This book is a study of a remarkable body of material: the fine objects that were so often buried in hoards or deposited in watery locations such as rivers or bogs. Such finds are made throughout northern and western Europe and characterize the entire sequence from the Mesolithic to the early historical period. Although these finds are well known ... see all copies from $107.96!
14	Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus more books like this by Joan Breton Connelly add to wishlist see all copies from $9.93! new only from $48.00! \| first editions
15	Mexican Devotional Retablos: From the Peters Collection at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia more books like this by Nancy Hamilton, Christopher C Wilson, Joseph F Chorpenning add to wishlist see all copies from $86.65! new only from $98.41!
16 view cover	Infinitas Gracias: Contemporary Mexican Votive Painting more books like this by Alfredo Vilchis Roque, Pierre Schwartz, Victoire (Foreword by) add to wishlist Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sometimes disturbing, this astonishing collection of contemporary votive paintings provides a glimpse into the popular Catholic culture of modern-day Mexico. Votives, objects given as an offering of thanks to a deity, are an integral part of Mexican Catholicism: when the faithful wish to demonstrate gratitude ... see all copies from $99.00! new only from $99.00!
17	Los Milagros En Metal y En Cera de Puerto Rico more books like this by Teodoro Vidal add to wishlist see all copies from $50.00!
18 view cover	Greek Votive Offerings: An Essay in the History of Greek Religion more books like this by William H Rouse add to wishlist see all copies from $27.28! new only from $27.28! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Votive sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus. more books like this by Joan Breton Connelly, Cyprus. Tmema Archaioteton add to wishlist see all copies from $10.92!
20	Das Kind in der Votivmalerei more books like this by Wilhelm Theopold add to wishlist see all copies from $60.19!
21	Das stellvertretende Bildnis : Plastiken und Gemälde von der Antike bis ins 19. Jahrhundert more books like this by Adolf Reinle add to wishlist see all copies from $44.00!
22	Votivmalerei und Medizin : Kulturgeschichte und Heilkunst im Spiegel der Votivmalerei more books like this by Wilhelm Theopold add to wishlist see all copies from $49.95!
23	Ancient Indian mother-goddess votive discs more books like this by Prithvi Kumar Agrawala add to wishlist see all copies from $20.14! new only from $20.34!
24	Exvotos Argentinos: Un Arte Popular more books like this by Sergio Barbieri add to wishlist see all copies from $50.00! new only from $50.00! \| first editions
25	Alexander Braun: Das Retablo-Projekt and Other Works more books like this by Kunsthalle Bielefeld add to wishlist see all copies from $108.75!

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