IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 1127: Silent Speech on Medieval Misericords: Papers in Memory of Elaine C. Block
Wednesday 15 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Misericordia International |
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| Organiser: | Paul Hardwick, Department of English, Leeds Trinity University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Kenneth Varty, School of Modern Languages & Cultures (French), University of Glasgow |
| Paper 1127-a | Outside of Society, Inside the Sacred Space: Representing the Marginal in Medieval Choir-Stalls (Forms, Models, and Significance) (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Mentalities |
| Paper 1127-b | Walls Have Ears: Tutivillus in the Choir (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 1127-c | Why Are There No Misericords in Italian Choir Stalls? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture |
| Abstract | The three papers in this session address the ways in which 'silent voices' - whether from the grimacing faces of fools or the ever-vigilant devil Tutivillus - spoke to contemporary audiences and, indeed, continue to speak to the modern viewer. They are offered in memory of Elaine C. Block, founder of Misericordia International, whose life's work was to help us to translate these voices. |