IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1127: Presence and Representation of Materiality in Epigraphic Discourse
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Collaborative Research Centre 933 'Material Text Cultures', Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
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| Organiser: | Wolf Zöller, Historisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Paul Schweitzer-Martin, Institut für Frankisch-Pfälzische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Paper 1127-a | Inscribing Sacred Space in Early Medieval Rome: The Lateran Basilica Reconstructed (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Epigraphy |
| Paper 1127-b | Naming Materials: The Self Referential Inscription (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General |
| Paper 1127-c | The Material Is the Message: Reflections of Inscribed Artefacts in Medieval Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Language and Literature - German |
| Abstract | The Heidelberg CRC Material Text Cultures focuses on the theme of materiality and the presence of writing in the premodern Euro-Mediterranean world. Its methodological framework centers on the idea that all writing and related social practices are bound by an irrevocable connection determined by the material conditions of inscribed artefacts. One major field of interest concerns the study of inscriptions and epigraphic cultures. To which degree do inscribed objects and contemporary sources give insight into the choice between different writing surfaces? And do the latter carry any specific semantic capabilities? How do inscriptions relate to their spatial contexts? |