Devotional article
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- Devotional objects (also, devotional articles, devotional souvenirs, devotional artifacts) are religious souvenirs (figurines, pictures, votive candles, books, amulets, and others), owned and carried by the religious, who see them as imbued with spiritual values, and use them for votive offering. Production and sales of devotional articles have become a widespread industry in the vicinity of various religious sites all over the world.
Devotional articles have a long history; in Christianity they have been mentioned in historical works such as those related to Paul the Apostle and in older religions they have been traced as far back as the times of ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia. International law defines "devotional articles" as including "the Bible, the Koran, prayer and service books, hymnals, ritual articles, sacramental wine, crucifixes and rosaries". Such items may be natural and hardly processed (such as earth from the Holy Land), but majority of modern devotional articles are mass-produced (strips of paper with prayers, pictures of holy figures, prayer books, etc.) Such items are usually seen as having little artistic value, as their primary function is not decorative but spiritual.
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Notizmappe und Stempel aus dem Haus der Jungen Pioniere Berlin-Pankow
Diese Notizmappe und der...
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Andachtsbriefchen "Breverl"
Dieses Andachtsbriefchen,...
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Image: Hardtmuseum / Musée de la Hardt Durmersheim - CC BY-NC-SA -
Holzmodel mit Mariendarstellung und dem Gekreuzigten
In Seehausen hat sich ein im...
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Image: Dominikanerkloster Prenzlau - CC BY-NC-SA -
Eckiger Rahmen zur Aufbewahrung von Devotionalien oder Reliquien
Der gegossene, rechteckig...
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Image: Dominikanerkloster Prenzlau - CC BY-NC-SA -
Runder Rahmen zur Aufbewahrung von Devotionalien oder Reliquien
Die beiden Einzelteile dieses...
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Image: Dominikanerkloster Prenzlau - CC BY-NC-SA
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