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IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 823: British Archaeological Association, IV: Sacred Material - Faith and Relationships through Landscape, Building, and Seal

Tuesday 2 July 2019, 16.30-18.00

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 823-aMaking Their Mark: Buildings, Material Investment, and the Medieval Development of Sacred Sites in the British Isles
(Language: English)
Ross McIntire, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Index terms: Archaeology - General, Architecture - General, Architecture - Religious, Religious Life
Paper 823-bThe Ambo of the Cathedral of Cefalù: The Invention of a Prototype
(Language: English)
Francesco Capitummino, Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture
Paper 823-c'Item sigillum capituli principaliter custodire': Keeping Safe the Great Chapter Seal of Lincoln Cathedral during the Middle Ages
(Language: English)
Lesley Milner, Institute of Historical Research, University of London
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Archives and Sources, Art History - Decorative Arts, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

This final panel will look at the different ways in which materials to do with the sacred were used. From using the landscape itself as a material, through to the construction of a religious building, and the history and use of a cathedral seal.