Le tavolette votive del Santuario di San Matteo in San Marco in Lamis

Published in 1981 by Schena Editore, this volume provides a scholarly catalog and ethnographic analysis of the votive tablets housed at the Sanctuary of San Matteo in San Marco in Lamis. The text serves as an essential archival record of folk religious traditions in the Gargano area, documenting the hundreds of small, hand-painted wooden or tin tablets offered by pilgrims as expressions of gratitude for divine intercession.

Author Anna Maria Tripputi approached the subject with a focus on historical and artistic preservation, examining how these 'ex-voto' artifacts serve as visual testimonies of rural life, illness, and local superstition during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The work is widely regarded by Italian folklorists and historians as a definitive study of the Sanctuary’s collection, detailing the evolution of regional iconography and the specific devotional culture surrounding the monastery.