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Naked Bones, Empty Caskets, and a Faceless Bust: Christian Relics and Reliquaries between Europe and Asia during Early Modern Globalisation* 裸骨、空棺材和无面半身像:近代早期全球化时期欧洲和亚洲之间的基督教遗物和圣物匣*

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2018-12-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004354500_014

U. Krass

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Early Modern Incense Boats: Commerce, Christianity, and Cultural Exchange* 近代早期香船:商业、基督教与文化交流*

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2018-12-11 DOI: 10.1136/9789004354500_019

J. Collins, Meredith Martin

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The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin: Spreading a New Cult via Dynastic Networks* 处女的七种悲伤:通过王朝网络传播一种新的崇拜*

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2018-12-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004354500_018

D. Eichberger

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Making Marvels—Faking Matter: Mediating Virtus between the Bezoar and Goa Stones and Their Containers* 制造奇迹-伪造物质:在牛黄和果阿石及其容器之间调解美德*

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004354500_013

B. Fricke

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Ut Pictura Lex: Jan David, S.J., on Natural Law and the Global Reach of Christian Images Jan David, s.j.，《自然法与基督教图像的全球影响力》

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2017-11-06 DOI: 10.1163/9789004354500_006

W. Melion

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The Value of Misinterpretation in Cultural Exchange: The Transfer of Christian Prints from the West to Japan 误读在文化交流中的价值——以西方基督教版画传入日本为例

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2017-11-06 DOI: 10.1163/9789004354500_008

Yoriko Kobayashi-Sato

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Relics Management: Building a Spiritual Empire in Asia (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries) 文物管理:在亚洲建立一个精神帝国(十六、十七世纪)

The Nomadic Object Pub Date : 2017-11-06 DOI: 10.1163/9789004354500_017

Ines G. Županov