Enshrining the sacred: microarchitecture in ritual spaces

This volume explores receptacles housing objects with divine or supernatural powers attributed to them.

It offers pioneering comparative insights regarding the focal ritual structures in sacred places of world religions, including Catholic Sacrament houses and architectural altarpieces, Jewish Torah arks, Islamic mihrabs, Vietnamese household shrines, and Japanese butsudans.

The publication elucidates artistic expressions, liturgical practices and customary behaviours which distinguish abodes of divine or sacred contents.