Consecration relief
A votive relief is a relief that a deity consecrated is. Thematically it is often the deity devout victims represent. Often there are votive reliefs on or in religious buildings, temples and churches . They are then often carved out of stone, for example marble , but can also be made of metal, wood and other materials.
In the Hellenism of ancient Greece , for example in mystery cults , consecration reliefs were an integral part of religious iconography . Well-known examples are the consecration relief on Kybele (Berlin SK 691) , on Amphiaraos , the consecration relief of Eleusis , the Thracian horseman and others.
literature
- Stephanie Böhm : Classicist consecration reliefs. On the Roman reception of Greek votive pictures (Palilia, vol. 13). Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-89500-383-2 .
- Evgenia Vikela: The consecration reliefs from the Athens Pankrates sanctuary on the Ilissos . Religious historical significance and typology. Gebrüder Mann Verlag, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-7861-1710-1 (also dissertation, University of Münster 1988)
- Ulrich Hausmann : Greek consecration reliefs. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1960.
- Carl Blümel : Three consecration reliefs to the nymphs . In: Felix Eckstein (Ed.): Theoria. Festschrift for Walter-Herwig Schuchardt (German contributions to classical studies; Vol. 12/13). Bruno Grimm, Publishing House for Art and Science, Baden-Baden 1960.
- Oliver Brehm: Hellenistic and imperial consecration reliefs from northern Mysia. Iconography and typology of a group of monuments and their significance for the religious history of an ancient landscape. Dissertation, University of Münster 1996.