{"id":29173,"date":"2025-01-29T15:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/?p=29173"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:57:30","slug":"religieuses-lilliputiennes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/2025\/01\/29\/religieuses-lilliputiennes\/","title":{"rendered":"Religieuses lilliputiennes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-1.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-1-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Je rebondis sur cette excellente <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofrance.fr\/franceculture\/podcasts\/le-cours-de-l-histoire\/boites-de-nonne-histoires-de-cellules-en-miniature-4653374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u00e9mission diffus\u00e9e sur France Culture<\/a> sur les \u00ab\u00a0<strong>boites de nonnes\u00a0<\/strong>\u00bb car, ne connaissant pas du tout ces \u0153uvres, j\u2019ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 une petite enqu\u00eate de mon cot\u00e9.<br><br>Les historiennes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.editionsdelasorbonne.fr\/fr\/livre\/?GCOI=28405100236450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elisabeth Lusset et Isabelle Heullant-Donat<\/a> nous expliquent que ce sont de petites maquettes de cellules r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par <strong>des religieuses<\/strong> et dont l\u2019utilit\u00e9 reste assez \u00e9nigmatique.<br>Entre le XVIIIe s. et 1960, certaines clarisses, ursulines, b\u00e9nedictines, franciscaines, carm\u00e9lites, etc., cr\u00e9ent de v\u00e9ritables mises en sc\u00e8ne miniature de leur vie de pri\u00e8res.<br>Avec plus ou moins de talent artistique, les religieuses se repr\u00e9sentent dans leur univers, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire une \u00ab\u00a0boite\u00a0\u00bb, symbole d\u2019enfermement souvent choisi, qu\u2019elles personnalisent avec des maximes et des images de leurs saints et saintes pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9.e.s. <br>Les symboles dont elles &#8220;d\u00e9corent&#8221; leurs \u00ab\u00a0boites\u00a0\u00bb sont tr\u00e8s importants : fleurs, coquillages, mais aussi fouet, balai, cilice\u2026 parfois avec ce type de\u00a0&#8220;maxime&#8221; \u00bb agr\u00e9mentant le mur de leur cellule : \u00ab\u00a0<em>Ma fille, qu\u2019es-tu venue faire ici ?\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><br><br>Pourquoi ces femmes r\u00e9duisent-elles ainsi leur existence \u00e0 l\u2019infiniment petit ?<br>Le myst\u00e8re demeure et les historiennes Elisabeth Lusset et\u00a0Isabelle Heullant-Donat, passionn\u00e9es par le sujet, en ont fait un livre <br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.editionsdelasorbonne.fr\/fr\/livre\/?GCOI=28405100236450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Une vie en bo\u00eete &#8211; Cellules de religieuses et maquettes de couvent (XVIIIe-XXIe si\u00e8cle)<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Grand Format<br>Elisabeth Lusset,\u00a0Isabelle Heullant-Donat<\/a><br><br>Ces \u0153uvres de m\u00e9ditation ?, et\/ou de pri\u00e8res ?, se rapprocheraient plut\u00f4t &#8220;selon moi&#8221; d&#8217;un questionnement &#8220;philosophique&#8221; (Jonathan Swift, les voyages de Gulliver).<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tresorsdeferveur.fr\/collections\/cellule-de-nonnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">De nombreuses boites de nonnes \u00e0 decouvrir sur le site Tr\u00e9sors de Ferveur<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29192\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-2-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-2-1-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">XVIIIe si\u00e8cle &#8211; \u00a9 Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tresorsdeferveur.fr\/collections\/cellule-de-nonnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tr\u00e9sors de Ferveur<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-8-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-8-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofrance.fr\/franceculture\/podcasts\/le-cours-de-l-histoire\/boites-de-nonne-histoires-de-cellules-en-miniature-4653374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">France Culture<\/a> Cellule d\u2019annonciade rouge, 19\u1d49 si\u00e8cle &#8211; \u00a9 Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tresorsdeferveur.fr\/collections\/cellule-de-nonnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tr\u00e9sors de Ferveur<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-9-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-9-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cellule de capucine, XIXe<\/em>, \u00a9 Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tresorsdeferveur.fr\/collections\/cellule-de-nonnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tr\u00e9sors de Ferveur<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"877\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-7.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-7-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-7-768x788.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boite de nonne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-5-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-5-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-5-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-5-768x861.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nonne-boite-5.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boite de nonne minimaliste<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Je rebondis sur cette excellente \u00e9mission diffus\u00e9e sur France Culture sur les \u00ab\u00a0boites de nonnes\u00a0\u00bb car, ne connaissant pas du tout ces \u0153uvres, j\u2019ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 une petite enqu\u00eate de mon cot\u00e9. Les historiennes Elisabeth Lusset et Isabelle Heullant-Donat nous expliquent que ce sont de petites maquettes de cellules r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par des religieuses et dont l\u2019utilit\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insolite","category-litterature","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29173"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29194,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29173\/revisions\/29194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.histoiresgalantes.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}