IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 329: Animals on the Edge, II: Material Culture
Monday 1 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | M(edieval) A(nimal) D(ata Network), Central European University, Budapest |
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Organiser: | Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, Old Operating Theatre Museum, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, Old Operating Theatre Museum, London |
Paper 329-a | Amulets: Animal Bodies on the Edge of Customary Tradition (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites |
Paper 329-b | Fishing from the Edge: Identifying Aquatic Species in the St Stephen Border Mosaic at Umm al Rasas (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - Decorative Arts |
Paper 329-c | Mermaids: Hybridity on the Edge in Finnish Medieval Wall Paintings (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
Abstract | People throughout the medieval period have related to and depended on animals (real or imagined) for many reasons, and yet in many ways animals seem to be relegated to the edges of urban spaces, art and architecture, law, cultural history, or even the known world. This session will focus on the always fascinating liminal position of animals in Material Culture. |