IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1002: Embodying Salvation in Early Medieval Ireland
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Christ on the Cross Project, University College Cork |
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Organiser: | Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh, Department of History of Art, University College Cork |
Moderator/Chair: | Niamh Whitfield, Independent Scholar, London |
Paper 1002-a | 'He is not there. He is risen': Presence and Absence in the Crucifixion (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Liturgy, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 1002-b | The Body Visible and Indivisible: Narrative Visions of the Crucifixion (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Lay Piety, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 1002-c | No Tumulus above his Grave: Memorialising Christian Burial and Resurrection (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Language and Literature - Celtic, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Abstract | This session proposes a reinterpretation of the way in which the body of Christ was visualized in early medieval text and image, and presents fresh interdisciplinary research upon the Passion of Christ. The Crucifixion, as enacted in the consumption of the Eucharist, was developed and explored through media as concrete as tomb slabs and stone altars, as diverse as lyrical poetry or homiletic prose. In these works, the most physical of objects was used to express the most spiritual of ideals; word was 'made flesh' for the salvation of multiple audiences. |