IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1115: Pewter, Parchment, and Pixels: New Perspectives on Pilgrim and Secular Badges
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden / Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
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| Organisers: | Hanneke van Asperen, Vakgroep Kunstgeschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Annemarieke Willemsen, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
| Moderator/Chairs: | Jos Koldeweij, Vakgroep Kunstgeschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Annemarieke Willemsen, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
| Paper 1115-a | Mapping Badges in London and Paris: Iconographic Communities in Late Medieval Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Geography and Settlement Studies, Social History |
| Paper 1115-b | Badges of Our Lady of Grace: New Sources on the Early Pilgrimages to Scheut (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Religious Life |
| Paper 1115-c | A Hood of Cherries: A New Interpretation of a Enigmatic Badge (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The research into pewter pilgrim and secular badges flourishes. The cheap, but often detailed, objects broaden the knowledge about visual literacy in the late medieval world, especially in northern Europe. Online database such as PAS, Kunera, and the Pilgerzeichen Datenbank have made the small metal badges accessible to scholars of material and visual culture. The databases, that serve as treasure chests of material to investigate, have led to new identifications and new insights into aspects like inscriptions, iconographical programmes, and ways of collecting badges in the Middle Ages. Additionally, they have instigated new initiatives such as Digital Pilgrim, that put isolated finds of badges into a broader perspective. |