IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1115: Monastic Houses of Brittany, II: Material Culture
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | 'Ancient Abbeys of Brittany' Project |
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Organiser: | Claude Lucette Evans, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga |
Moderator/Chair: | Claude Lucette Evans, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga |
Paper 1115-a | Breton Abbeys as Credit Institutions: The Case of Beauport, Boquen, and Saint-Aubin-des-Bois (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Ecclesiastical History, Economics - Rural |
Paper 1115-b | Sceller, discours du signe dans sa réalité concrète, étendue des champs d'exploration et fonds cisterciens bretons en exemple (Language: Français) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Charters and Diplomatics, Technology |
Abstract | This session will present two aspects of the material culture of Breton monasteries: financial loans and the physical support of their documents. Paper -a will discuss the use of pignorative contracts which circumvented the prohibitions of the church on usury and permitted lending to members of the local population for causes that were deemed just. Paper -b will describe a nondestructive evaluation conducted with Terahertz imaging on ink, wax, inclusions, seal ties and parchments and discuss more specifically the application of the technique to an examination of the seals of Breton Cistercian houses. |