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Votives of Europe: From Wax Toads to Bladder Stones: An Illustrated Online Lecture with Historian Sergei Zotov

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The terms “votives” or “ex-votos” refer to the offerings, objects, or paintings, often depicting part of the human body, that people buy and take to the churches in hope of healing or improving their situation. Join historian Sergei Zotov, who recently co-authored a book about votive culture, on a journey into the peculiar world of votive offerings to find out the most unusual exemplars of this Christian cabinet of curiosities.