-
gratitude or devotion. The term is
usually restricted to
Christian examples.
Ex-
votos are
placed in a
church or
chapel where the
worshiper s****s
grace or wishes...
- favour. Also,
sailors who
survived shipwrecks gave
thanks and
deposited ex-
votos at Notre-Dame of the Sea in the
church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont.
Towards the...
- this
ex-
voto of the
Argives for the
remains of the
temple of Apollo.
Three ex-
votos by the
Argives and one by the
Athenians stood next to the
ex-
voto of...
- a
little smaller. They
served various functions, such as cult statues,
ex-
votos,
monuments celebrating athletes, and
funeral markers. The
chronology of...
-
grandiose monument dedicated by the Arcadians,
particularly the Tegeates. The
ex-
voto of the
Arcadians is
marked nowadays by an
oblong base; it
served for supporting...
- One of the
important ex votos of the Gr****
cities in the
sanctuary of
Delphi was the
bronze sculpted ex voto of the
Italian city of
Tarentum in commemoration...
- the
Sacred Way,
close to the
temple of
Apollo where they
erected their ex votos. The
highest part of the
Sacred Way and the area
around the
temple of Apollo...
- Christ, the
Virgin Mother, or one of the
hundreds of saints. Many are
ex-
votos ("from a vow") that
depict the
story that led to
their commission, usually...
- as in all the
great pan-****enic shrines, the
faithful offered their ex-
votos, from the most
modest to the most
sumptuous according to
their wealth....
-
basilica was inaugurated, a room was also
built to
accommodate the
numerous Ex-
votos brought by the
pilgrims and
which were collected,
until the year before...
