IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 644: My Precious: Precious Objects in the Middle Ages, II
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Organisers: | Abby Armstrong, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University Nicole Corrigan, Department of Art History, Emory University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Nicole Corrigan, Department of Art History, Emory University |
| Paper 644-a | Von tiurem golde rîche: A Lexicographical Approach to Precious Materiality in Middle High German (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Language and Literature - German, Rhetoric |
| Paper 644-b | Precious Metalworking and Spiritual Learning in the Words of Theophilus (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Decorative Arts, Monasticism, Technology |
| Paper 644-c | Pearlescent, Golden, and Crystal Clear: Examining the Material Matrix of Meaning in a 13th-Century Reliquary Pendant (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture |
| Abstract | Throughout the Middle Ages, precious materials were forged into works of art that played a central role in medieval life. Churches accumulated glimmering hoards of reliquaries. Royal inventories provide descriptions of jewellery and illuminated manuscripts that rarely survive. Nobles and ecclesiastics exchanged exquisite gifts to forge bonds or make political statements. This panel explores the language and rhetoric of precious objects. These papers examine the linguistic dimensions of materiality in Middle High German texts, Benedictine craftsmanship and spiritual learning in the 12th century, and the meaning of materials in combination within the 13th-century Ninian reliquary. |