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    An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or a divinity, given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow...
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  • the naval Battle of Aegospotami, the Lacedaemonians dedicated a majestic ex voto in Delphi. To the left of the entrance into the sanctuary of Apollo, opposite...
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  • Voto can refer to: Voto people, an indigenous group of Costa Rica Voto, Cantabria, a municipality in Spain Ex-voto, offering to a saint This disambiguation...
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  • Among the famous ex votos of Delphi was that of Craterus, friend and general of Alexander the Great, attributed to Lysippos. The excavations of the French...
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  • One of the important ex votos of the Greek cities in the sanctuary of Delphi was the bronze sculpted ex voto of the Italian city of Tarentum in commemoration...
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    Delphi was situated the Athenian Treasury, where was located the famous ex voto of Daochos (Ανάθημα του Δαόχου, "vow of Daochos"), a long marble base where...
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    Ex-Voto de 1662 is a painting by the French artist Philippe de Champaigne now in the Louvre in Paris. One of Champaigne's most accomplished works, it...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    and animals such as roosters, oxen, and pigeons. A very common form of ex-voto was the wooden plate painted with some religious or mythological scene...
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  • The city of Argos dedicated several ex-votos within the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi. It was, after all, one of the most powerful cities of the archaic...
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    the French Wars of Religion. Notre-Dame-des-Victoires is famous for the ex voto offerings left there by the faithful. Over 37,000 devotional plaques, silver...
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    guide-tourisme-france.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21. "17 Ile de Ré - Loix - Eglise Sainte-Catherine - Ex-voto marins". www.ex-voto-marins.net. Retrieved 2017-08-21....
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    the 1960s, the crypt, which contains the remains of San Guglielmo, the Ex-voto room and a museum, were reorganized according to modern standards only...
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  • Coke [full citation needed] Law, Jonathan; Martin, Elizabeth A. (2009). "Ex proprio motu". A Dictionary of Law. Oxford University Press. Entry for "expressly"...
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    Milagros (also known as an ex-voto or dijes or promesas) are religious folk charms that are traditionally used for healing purposes and as votive offerings...
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    nunnery of Port-Royal, he painted the celebrated but atypical picture Ex-Voto de 1662, now in the Louvre, which represents the artist's daughter with...
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  • Bernard Augustine DeVoto (January 11, 1897 – November 13, 1955) was an American historian, conservationist, essayist, columnist, teacher, editor, and reviewer...
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    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...
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    making the offering,[citation needed] for which the more specific term ex-voto may be used. Other offerings were very likely regarded just as gifts to...
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    altarpiece while the stamp depicted one of the ex-voto paintings. A set of three stamps showing ex-voto paintings from the Mellieħa sanctuary with maritime...
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    Wonderland) Emma Hauck (In Absentia) Felisberto Hernández (Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H, The Doll's Breath) Franz Kafka (The Metamorphosis) Stanisław Lem (Maska)...
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    Maggior Consiglio (1486–87) and then to produce a "large panel", as his ex-voto for the Doge's Palace. In Venice it became the custom in the Renaissance...
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  • 2003) Relieve the Distressed (16 May 2005) Covered in Love (December 2006) Ex-Voto EP (22 November 2007) Kusama EP (21 December 2010) Serenade EP (17 October...
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    The Basilica minore di San Giacomo Apostolo ('Minor Basilica of San Giacomo Apostolo') is a religious building in Chioggia that overlooks on the main square...
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    style. Inside the church there are 6 mosaics, 76 coloured windows and many ex-voto. The bell tower is 61 metres high. Pope John Paul II celebrated mass on...
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    Retrieved 17 January 2023. Museum of Archeology. "Collection of Etruscan ex-voto clay". archeologia.unipv.eu. Università di Pavia. Retrieved 17 January...
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  • Texas Vamps. Vocalist Dee Madden had been involved in the gothic rock band Ex-VoTo but parted ways with them after the rest of the band relocated to New Orleans...
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    Votive paintings in Mexico go by several names in Spanish such as “ex voto,” “retablo” or “lámina,” which refer to their purpose, place often found, or...
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