IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 318: Beasts in Art and Artisanry: Technology and Applications of Animal Materials
Monday 7 July 2008, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Association Villard de Honnecourt for Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Art & Science (AVISTA) |
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| Organiser: | Carol Neuman de Vegvar, Department of Fine Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware |
| Moderator/Chair: | David H. Kennett, British Brick Society |
| Paper 318-a | Bound to Be of Use: Fossil Sea Urchins and Ivory in Merovingian Bound Pendants (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Technology |
| Paper 318-b | The Bone Interlude in Middle Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Art History - Decorative Arts |
| Paper 318-c | Oxen and Ploughs: Why Cattle Were So Important in Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General, Science, Technology |
| Abstract | An examination of the variety of animal and other natural materials used in the early middle ages. These include ivory, sea urchins, and items in bound pendants; bone, antler, horn, and whalebone made into a wide variety of objects; the use of cattle during their working lives and materials from cattle used after their death. |