IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1149: Material Remnants of Sainthood in the Nordic Middle Ages
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Norse Hagiography Network |
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Organiser: | Tiffany White, Department of Scandinavian, University of California, Berkeley |
Moderator/Chair: | Tiffany White, Department of Scandinavian, University of California, Berkeley |
Paper 1149-a | 'Úr úlfs munni': The Religious Context of Bishop Páll Jónsson's Crosier (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Religious Life |
Paper 1149-b | Material Magdalenes: Representations of St Mary Magdalene in the North, c. 1250-1550 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Religious Life |
Paper 1149-c | Saints in the Seals of the Icelandic Dioceses Hólar and Skálholt (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Paper 1149-d | Lanfranc of Canterbury’s Adventures in Iceland: A Study of København, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, AM 567a-b 4to and Its Sources (Language: English) |
Abstract | This session presents new scholarship on the material remnants of sainthood in the Nordic Middle Ages. Our first presenter discusses an understudied topic: the extant medieval Icelandic seals that portray images of saints and how those images can be contextualized by using material from the archdiocese in Nidaros, Norway. Our second presenter contextualizes a recent archaeological find, the medieval crosier of Bishop Páll Jónsson (1195-1211), by interpreting the design of the crosier through the lens of medieval Icelandic theological discourse. Our third presenter evaluates images of St Mary Magdalene in Norway and the Nordic region between the years 1250-1550. Our final presenter discusses an under-studied manuscript containing the vita of Lefranc of Canterbury. |