IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1033: Bridging Borders, I: Reaching out to Angels and Saints
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) / Exzellenzcluster 'Understanding Written Artefacts', Universität Hamburg |
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| Organiser: | Andreas Janke, Sonderforschungsbereich 950 'Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa', Universität Hamburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andreas Janke, Sonderforschungsbereich 950 'Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa', Universität Hamburg |
| Paper 1033-a | Crossing the Border between the Terrestrial and the Celestial World: On the Idea of Angelic Singing and Its Relation to Earthly Music (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music |
| Paper 1033-b | Linking Heavenly and Human Realms: Angels in Hebrew Manuscripts of Magic (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1033-c | Where Saints Meet Human Beings: The Role of the Kidān ('Pact') in Hagiographic Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | The Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts' follows a comparative approach to studying how the production of written artefacts has shaped human societies and cultures, and how these in turn have adapted written artefacts to their needs. This session focuses on the invisible border between humankind and angels or saints. Through practices such as singing, performing magic, and closing a pact this border could be overcome in order to communicate and interact across these different spheres. |