IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 1103: Saints and Manuscripts
Wednesday 14 July 2004, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Sally Crumplin, Department of Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews |
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Moderator/Chair: | Julia M. H. Smith, Department of Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews |
Paper 1103-a | The Vita Columbani and the Nuns of Faremoutiers (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 1103-b | Amorphous Saints: The Case of St Cuthbert (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1103-c | Peeling back the Layers: Manuscript Evidence for two Late Medieval Saints (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Spanish/Portuguese |
Abstract | This session aims to explore the multifarious depictions of saints through the nuances of manuscript evidence. The papers have diverse foci in tems of the saints in question and their geographical and temporal content. The first paper uses manuscripts of the Vita Columbani and discusses the way in which they depict the nuns of Faremoutiers. The second explores contrasting twelfth-century depictions of St Cuthbert in contemporaneous manuscripts from England and the continent. The final paper investigates the scanty manuscript for two Portugese saints from the late medieval period. |