IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1009: Set in Stone

Sponsor:	University of Liverpool
Organiser:	Rebecca Williams, School of History, University of Liverpool
Moderator/Chair:	Brigitte Resl, School of Histories, Languages & Cultures, University of Liverpool
Paper 1009-a	The Writings on the Wall: Scratching the Surface of Late Medieval Graffiti (Language: English) Rebecca Williams, School of History, University of Liverpool Index terms: Art History - General, Epigraphy, Lay Piety, Literacy and Orality
Paper 1009-b	Ciphers on Walls: Are These Apotropaic Symbols? (Language: English) Jenny Alexander, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick Index terms: Architecture - General, Architecture - Religious
Paper 1009-c	Ethnic Identities in Viking-Age Stone Sculpture: A GIS Approach (Language: English) William Cook, Department of History, Lancaster University Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Computing in Medieval Studies
Abstract	This session shall explore how in a paper-short world, stone was the medium of choice for various methods of communication, expression, and representation. The durability of this medium has ensured that countless examples - from elaborate buildings and sculpture to simple graffiti carvings etched into the walls of churches - exist as valuable source material that can be used in order to shed new light upon how people thought and expressed themselves across the medieval world.