El sudario de Nabarniz

JIMÉNEZ OCHOA DE ALDA, María Teresa
; MUJICA GOÑI, Amaia

Publication year:

1999

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

84-8419-985-1

ISSN:

1137-439X

Download pdf

Summary

The fact that death among the Basques has generated a series of rites and mores, which, linked to individual and collective beliefs, have created a set of elements of material culture, among which are the shrouds. In this article we wish to present a linen dating from the mid 16th century, preserved in the Basque Museum of Bilbao, analysing its formal aspects, the ethnic and historical value thereof and its contribution as witness of the passage rites in the Basque sailors community.