IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 328: Inscribed In: Epigraphy and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia
Monday 1 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Karen Langsholt Holmqvist, Institutt for lingvistiske og nordiske studier, Universitetet i Oslo / Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, Oslo |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Stefka G. Eriksen, Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, Oslo |
| Paper 328-a | Material Directing Form?: The Design of Public Inscriptions on Stone, Metal, and Wood (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 328-b | Metal Texts: A Discussion on Metal as Medium for Writing and the Implications It Has for Textual Content and Choice of Script (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
| Paper 328-c | Expressions Conditioned by Materiality: Graffiti and Formal Inscriptions on Churches in Wood and Stone (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
| Abstract | Epigraphy is inseparable from its material context. It is inscribed in stone, wood, lead, or bone. The text is adapted to the object and the material influences both the production and reception of the inscriptions. We discuss private and public inscriptions on churches, gravestones, and metal objects, thereby bringing together material and text, as well as runes and Roman alphabetic script. We address the following questions: How does the material influence the form, content and interpretation of inscriptions? Does it affect the relation between carvers and readers, or the public and private sphere? Does the material determine the choice between runes and Roman alphabet? |