IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 302: 'Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae', III: Texts and Images
Monday 1 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
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| Organiser: | Paul Russell, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | Barry James Lewis, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies |
| Paper 302-a | The Kentigern Charter, I: A Neglected Text from the St Asaph Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 302-b | The Kentigern Charter, II: Saints, Property, and the Foundation of the Bishopric of St Asaph (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 302-c | A Revival of Saints in the Imagery of the Church in Wales (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | This session examines aspects of hagiography in Wales, and derives from work on two AHRC-funded projects, 'Cwlt y Seintiau' (Canolfan Uwchefrydiau, Aberystwyth) and 'Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae' (ASNC, Cambridge and the Canolfan, Aberystwyth). The papers focus on hagiographical material which is not preserved in the lives of saints. The first two papers explore the text and historical context of a little-known charter associated both with St Asaph and St Kentigern. The last paper moves away from text to image with a discussion of Welsh saints in stained glass. As a group the sessions serve to remind us that there is more to saints than their lives. |