Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture Volume 7 Issue 1 43-86 12-4-2019 The Holy Land in Paris. Embroidering, Depicting, and Stamping the Passion in a Fifteenth-century Book of Hours (Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 1176 A rés.) Loretta Vandi Scuola del Libro, Urbino, Italy Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal Part of the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture Commons Recommended Citation Vandi, Loretta. "The Holy Land in Paris. Embroidering, Depicting, and Stamping the Passion in a Fifteenth- century Book of Hours (Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 1176 A rés.)." Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture 7, 1 (2019): 43-86. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol7/iss1/17 This Feature Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture by an authorized editor of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Vandi ____________________PEREGRINATIONS_______________ JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE VOLUME VII, NUMBER 1 (AUTUMN 2019) The Holy Land in Paris. Embroidering, Depicting, and Stamping the Passion in a Fifteenth-century Book of Hours (Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 1176 A rés.) LORETTA VANDI Scuola del Libro, Urbino, Italy Badges of various materials (metal, parchment, fabric) are usually described as ‘souvenirs’ of medieval pilgrims who traveled to holy places. The great number of such items discovered especially in Southern Netherlands, Northern France, and England, with both religious and secular subjects, attests that their use had a special relevance within religious practice and popular culture.1 This article investigates the role these portable objects sewn into or glued in manuscripts had within domestic religiosity in the late Middle Ages.2 By focusing on a 15th-century Book of Hours, MS 1176 A rés.