IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1630: Franciscan Studies, II: Parchment, Paper, and Words, or Fragments from a Spiritual Empire - Franciscan Sermons during the Late Middle Ages
Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
Organisers: | Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds René Hernández Vera, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Moderator/Chair: | Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1630-a | From Piazza to Parchment: The Sermons In Circulum Anni of Sovramonte da Varese, Omin, in Franciscan Lombardy (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 1630-b | Papers from the Empire: Collections of Sermons from the Observant Library of San Francesco Grande, Padua (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Mentalities, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Abstract | This session will explore parchment, paper and words as revealing fragments of the spiritual empire built by Franciscan preaching during the Late Middle Ages. Parchment manuscripts containing the sermons of Sovramonte da Varese will reveal themselves as a didactic tool as well as a keen resource to combat heresy. Paper manuscripts containing compilations of sermons in Padua were complex, flexible, and efficient artefacts that played a determinant role in the success of Observant preaching. Finally, words, employed with unique craft by preachers in their Good Friday sermons, will show the rich, multilingual, and complex background of an intriguing spiritual empire. |