Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors Notes on the Editions 1 Theatricality and Performativity in Bernard and Picart's Religious Ceremonies of the World : an Introduction Steff Nellis 2 Aspects of Theatricality in Bernard and Picart's Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde (1723-1737) Steff Nellis 3 Subverting Papal Triumph: Bernard Picart's Appropriation of G.B. Falda's Cavalcata Pascale Rihouet 4 Staging Religion(s) in the Early Enlightenment: Bernard Picart's Frontispiece for Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde Paola von Wyss-Giacosa 5 Two Pioneers in the Comparative Iconography of Religions: Alessandro Magnasco and Bernard Picart Matthieu Somon 6 Idol Curiosity: the Visual Challenge to Jesuit Accommodation Daniel Purdy 7 From the Son of Adam and Eve to an All-Devouring Deity: Ganesha in Early Modern European Culture Nicolás Kwiatkowski 8 Clerical Mischief: Bernard and Picart's Stance on Spiritual Leaders as Intermediary Figures of Theatricality in Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde (1723-1737) Steff Nellis, Ianka Huygen, Andreas Kwanten, Fleur Syryn, Marthe Theunissen, and Jules De Bruycker 9 A Fascinating Foe: the Ottoman in the Work of Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini Alexander McCargar Index Nominum.