List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1 Introduction Paolo Cozzo, Andrea Merlotti, Andrea Nicolotti
2 Présentation : Le Saint Suaire entre pratiques dévotionnelles et stratégies politiques Bernard Dompnier
3 The Acquisition of the Shroud by the House of Savoy: Documentary Evidence Andrea Nicolotti
4 Le Saint Suaire, les Savoie et Chambéry (1453-1515) Laurent Ripart
5 Centre dynastique, religiosité et mémoire urbaine : Chambéry et le Saint Suaire du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle Frédéric Meyer
6 The First Exhibitions of the Shroud in Piedmont and Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy Laura Gaffuri
7 A Relic to See and Touch: the Sensory Dimension of the Shroud in Court (XVI-XX Centuries) Paolo Cozzo
8 The Holy Shroud between the Court of Savoy and the City of Turin: The Ostensions in Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1630-1831) Andrea Merlotti
9 Turin and the Holy Shroud: Supplies of Wheat and Management of Public Order during the Ostensions (XVII-XVIII Centuries) Davide De Franco
10 Syndonic Panegyrics in the 17th Century Luisella Giachino
11 “Accesi di devoto affetto verso questa meravigliosa reliquia”: The Roman Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Shroud’s Devotional Choices and Strategies of Cult Promotion (17th-18th Centuries) Alessandro Serra
12 The Shroud in the Ceremonial Policy of the House of Savoy between the End of the 16th Century and the 18th Century Franca Varallo
13 “Se bene è nella città di Torino, nondimeno in qualche parte ne gode Roma”: Some Considerations on the (Mis)Fortune of Savoyard Iconography in Papal Rome Paola Caretta
14 The Old Piedmont becomes the New Italy: the Ostensions for the Nuptials of the Crown Princes Vittorio Emanuele and Umberto (1842-1868) Pierangelo Gentile
15 Copies of the Holy Shroud for the Court of King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) Almudena Pérez de Tudela Gabaldón
16 Museum versus Chapel of the Holy Shroud. The Octagonal Hall of the Palace of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and King of Cyprus Paolo Cornaglia