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IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 623: British Archaeological Association, II: Written Materials, II - Power, Prayer, and Privacy in 14th-Century Manuscripts

Tuesday 2 July 2019, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:British Archaeological Association
Organiser:Harriet Mahood, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading
Moderator/Chair:Harriet Mahood, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading
Paper 623-aIn Living Memory: Replication and Reproduction in the Macclesfield Psalter and Related Artefacts
(Language: English)
Jennifer Mansfield, Department of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 623-bThe Whitby Missal: Material Evidence of Memory
(Language: English)
Michael Carter, Curatorial Department, English Heritage, London
Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life
Paper 623-c'And Pandarus gan under for to prie': Beds, Privacy, and Gender Dynamics in Chaucer
(Language: English)
Kierri Price, Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

This panel explores how manuscripts reveal to us the beliefs of their creators and users, but also how the objects within the text itself can challenge our understanding.