PREFACE 5
Anne Querinjean and Charlotte Langohr
INTRODUCTION 9
Rite and art 10
Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
Rite and the importance of objects 11
Myriam Watthee-Delmotte
Thinking the object under the prism of ritual 14
Ralph Dekoninck et Caroline Heering
Theological variations based on Christian ritual objects 20
Arnaud Join-Lambert
Walking around the exhibition 23
Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
RITUAL OBJECTS OR WORKS OF ART? 25
Myriam Watthee-Delmotte
Vajradhara 30
Philippe Cornu
Monstrance axe 32
Cédric Byl
Book of Hours 34
Ingrid Falque
Mask 36
Julien Volper
Chalice veil 38
Caroline Heering
RITUAL MANUFACTURE 41
Cédric Byl, Caroline Heering and Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
The drum (qilaut) 50
Frédéric Laugrand and Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
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OBJECTS ACTIVATED, OBJECTS HANDLED 53
Ralph Dekoninck, Caroline Heering, Arnaud Join-Lambert,
Frédéric Laugrand and Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
Tambourine, ritual bell, dorje and white stole 66
Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
A RITUAL SHAPE: THE SPIRAL 70
Cédric Byl, Caroline Heering and Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
GAMES OF SCALE 79
Ralph Dekoninck and Anne-Marie Vuillemenot
Gigantic African mask 86
Julien Volper
THE POWER OF BEAUTY 89
Cédric Byl, Caroline Heering and Myriam Watthee-Delmotte
Art Deco monstrance 98
Arnaud Join-Lambert
A FAMILIAR RITE: MARRIAGE 100
Arnaud Join-Lambert and Myriam Watthee-Delmotte
THE MUSEUM: A NEW RITUAL CONTEXT FOR OBJECTS 109
Myriam Watthee-Delmotte