The scientific team of the project presented their ongoing research at the International Scientific Conference “Southeast European Silversmithing: Artisans, Donors, and the Concept of Piety during the Early Modern Period”, organized by the Institute for Art Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and funded by the National Scientific Fund, contract No. КП-06-М80/2/7.12.2023 г. During the scientific forum, which is part of the work programme of the project “Liturgical Objects in the Context of Silversmith’s Art during the Ottoman Period (Based on Materials from the Diocese of Plovdiv)”, five papers were presented to the scientific community and the interested public on the following topics:
Artisans’ Patronage. The Case of the Guild of Silversmiths in Tatar Pazardzhik during the Early Modern Period
Examples of Faith and Community Belonging: Eucharistic Chalices from the National Church Museum of History and Archaeology in Sofia
Goldsmiths’ Works as Gifts to Our Lady of Trsat (Croatia)
Silver Votive Offerings of 19th-Century Serbian Rulers: Shaping Church Visual Culture and Their Role in Changing Cultural Models
The Reliquary from the Church “Mother of God the Fountain of Life” in Svilengrad and Its Context
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