SCHoLARLy STuDiES oF SHRiNES AND DEVoTioN in the early modern catholic world have tended to focus on one shrine or one devotional cult. While such a focus provides an in-depth exploration of cultic devotion, it impedes our ability to see larger-scale patterns. In contrast, Taylor’s monumental tome provides a comprehensive—even breathtaking—overview of the important shrines of new spain, from their first foundation in the sixteenth century through the early decades of the eighteenth century. taylor’s focus here is on the role that shrines played in constructing “place” in new spain. Rather than emphasize critical synthesis, his “principal aim, then, is to understand shrines and sacred images during the colonial period in terms of finding, making, and maintaining a place in the world” (5). His use of the concept of “place” highlights its constructed nature. as such, it is not constructed once, but shifts in time as people and objects circulated and moved. “Place” as a conceptual category is inevitably geographical, but instead of examining cities, as many studies of space and place do, taylor’s work focuses on landscapes, the lived environment of the countryside. this focus on the countryside is essential, because it is here that we find the “web” of shrines that created regional nodes of interconnectedness. moving beyond the walls of the city, then, helps us to understand the structures and changes in devotional patterns among people, the majority of whom lived in the countryside. and it is ultimately people whom taylor wishes to draw forward. “Place,” then, provides a way to access the experience of people who created and sustained shrines. the book is organized into two parts, “Bearings” and “soundings,” accompanied by three appendices. Part 1 (chapters 1–4) locates the reader in a specific spiritual landscape, detailing the shrines, their locations, and shifts in patterns of devotions over time. Here and throughout the book, taylor focuses exclusively on shrines devoted to cults to the Virgin mary and to christ, because these figures acted as patrons to the vast majority of shrines. William B. Taylor. Theater of a Thousand Wonders: A History of Miraculous Images and Shrines in New Spain.

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一千个奇迹剧院：威廉·B·泰勒 (William B. Taylor) 的新西班牙奇迹形象和神殿的历史

在早期现代天主教世界中，关于神殿和奉献的学术研究往往集中在一个神殿或一个虔诚的邪教上。虽然这样的关注提供了对邪教奉献的深入探索，但它阻碍了我们看到更大规模模式的能力。相比之下，泰勒的巨著提供了对新西班牙重要神殿的全面——甚至是惊人的——概述，从 16 世纪的第一个基础到 18 世纪初的几十年。泰勒在这里的重点是神社在新西班牙建造“地方”中所扮演的角色。他的“主要目标不是强调批判性综合，而是从寻找、制造和维护世界上的位置的角度来理解殖民时期的神龛和圣像”（5）。他对“地方”概念的使用突出了其构建的性质。因此，它不是一次建造的，而是随着人和物体的流通和移动而随着时间的推移而变化的。“地方”作为一个概念范畴不可避免地是地理的，但泰勒的作品并没有像许多空间和地方研究那样考察城市，而是关注风景，即乡村的生活环境。这种对乡村的关注是必不可少的，因为正是在这里，我们找到了创造区域互联节点的神殿“网络”。超越城市的围墙，有助于我们了解人们信仰模式的结构和变化，其中大多数人生活在农村。最终，泰勒希望提拔的是人。“地方”，然后，提供了一种获取创建和维护神殿的人的经验的方法。全书分为“轴承”和“声音”两部分，并附有三个附录。第 1 部分（第 1-4 章）将读者置于一个特定的精神景观中，详细介绍了神殿、它们的位置以及随着时间的推移奉献模式的变化。在这里以及在整本书中，泰勒都专注于专门用于崇拜圣母玛利亚和基督的神殿，因为这些人物充当了绝大多数神殿的赞助人。威廉·B·泰勒。一千个奇迹剧院：新西班牙奇迹图像和神殿的历史。他们的位置，以及随着时间的推移奉献模式的变化。在这里以及在整本书中，泰勒都专注于专门用于崇拜圣母玛利亚和基督的神殿，因为这些人物充当了绝大多数神殿的赞助人。威廉·B·泰勒。一千个奇迹剧院：新西班牙奇迹图像和神殿的历史。他们的位置，以及随着时间的推移奉献模式的变化。在这里以及在整本书中，泰勒都专注于专门用于崇拜圣母玛利亚和基督的神殿，因为这些人物充当了绝大多数神殿的赞助人。威廉·B·泰勒。一千个奇迹剧院：新西班牙奇迹图像和神殿的历史。