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A vow for a miracle: ex-votos, items of the people\u2019s devotion While<\/h3>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]While the Beguinage remains closed for renovation, Erasmus House is putting an unusual object from the municipal museums\u2019 vast historical, archaeological, folk art and religious collections on display each month. Five ex-votos are on display this month.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” content_text_aligment=”left”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=”6″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1652697621575-cbd8857f-ef7d-7″ include=”16357,16354,16360″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]1. Anatomical ex-voto of a pair of eyes
\nWax votive figurine representing two eyes.
\nBelgium, end 19th century
\nWax
\n4,3 x 9 cm Inv. BEG 5909<\/p>\n

2. Anatomical ex-voto of a leg
\nWax votive figurine representing a leg
\nBelgium, end 19th century
\nWax
\n6,4 x 4,2 cm Inv. BEG 5918<\/p>\n

3. Anatomical ex-voto of a nose afflicted by rhinorrhoea
\nMetal votive figurine representing a runny nose
\nBelgium, end 19th century
\nMetal
\n6,8 x 4,4 cm Inv. BEG 5907[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\u201c[V]ows, through which something is promised to God…<\/em>\u201d is how the 13th century theologian Saint Thomas Aquinus (Summa Theologiae<\/em>, Part 2-2, Q88) introduces the subject of votum, a pagan practice that was taken over by the Church at the start of Christianity (according to Erasmus). The materialisation of such vows as objects or money offered to a specific saint are called ex-votos, from the Latin ex-voto suscepto<\/em> (from the vow made). These votive objects could take many forms \u2013 paintings of saints, engravings of thanks, wax objects representing diseased limbs, and so on \u2013 with lit candles in church being the most widespread today.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”44px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The ex-voto ritual<\/h6>\n

According to Roman Catholic rites, the wishes must be made in a holy place and the believer must deserve this action of grace through an effort, gift, pilgrimage, or some commitment or restriction that s\/he places on her\/himself. Two categories of ex-voto are recognised: propitiatory ex-votos, which accompany the request for help, and gratulatory ex-votos to thank the intercessor for her\/his mediation. Ex-votos are never addressed to God or Jesus Christ directly, but to the Virgin Mary or a particular saint, depending on the latter\u2019s \u201cspecialisation\u201d. So, Saint James the Greater is invoked to cure rheumatism, Saint Sebastian for protection against plague, and Saint Guy, the patron saint of Anderlecht, to combat dysentery and livestock diseases. Moreover, a saint who fails to deliver will quickly lose her\/his worshippers. Ex-votos were mass produced but could be customised (precious metals, refinement, etc.); the cost and quality of the object were directly correlated with the magnitude of the service requested.<\/p>\n

Erasmus House ex-votos<\/h6>\n

The wax anatomical ex-votos that you see here represent miniaturised limbs or extensions of the devotee\u2019s body, sometimes in an idealised form, and either healthy or afflicted by ills, that were given in supplication for divine action or in thanks after healing. They include a heart, eyes, a leg with varicose veins, and a runny nose and were probably made before the end of the 19th century, at which point ex-votos took the form of engravings of thanks. Many ex-votos of the past have since disappeared, with the most valuable ones having been melted or smelted down and re-used.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Five ex-votos are on display this month in the Erasmus House<\/h5>\n
Research and text<\/h5>\n

Meggy Chaidron<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/h5>\n

Zahava Seewald
\nC\u00e9line Bultreys
\nAnne Deckers<\/p>\n

Your visit<\/a><\/h5>\n
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