IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 225: Hagiography without Borders
Monday 9 July 2012, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Hagiography Society |
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| Organiser: | Helen Birkett, Department of History, University of Exeter |
| Moderator/Chair: | Cordelia Warr, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Paper 225-a | How to Preach the Golden Legend: The Legends of the Cross and of St George in the De sanctis Sermons of James of Voragine (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 225-b | The Idea of the Vernacular in the Scottish Legendary (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Other |
| Paper 225-c | Manuscript to Marble: The Vitae of St Ursus in Medieval Aosta (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Hagiography |
| Abstract | This session offers three different perspectives on the wider literary and cultural context of hagiographical narratives. The first paper discusses how preachers used certain stories in the Golden Legend, associated with literary or historical texts, to explain doctrine and to encourage virtue. The second paper explores the 'idea of the vernacular' and narrative strategies in the Scottish Legendary, a large compilation of saints' lives dating from the late 14th century. The third paper compares the textual tradition of St Ursus, patron saint of Aosta in Italy, with the sculptural narrative found on a marble capital at the college of Augustinian canons in the town. |