IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1324: The Ceremonies of the Burial of Christ on Good Friday with the Use of Figures
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Société Internationale pour l'étude du théâtre médiéval (SITM) |
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| Organiser: | Christophe Chaguinian, Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, University of North Texas |
| Moderator/Chair: | Pamela M. King, School of Critical Studies (English Language), University of Glasgow |
| Paper 1324-a | The Ceremonies of the Burial of Christ on Good Friday: A Survey of European Practices (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Liturgy, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
| Paper 1324-b | Animation on the Outskirts of Medieval Europe: Sculptures with Moveable Parts and Their Use in the Territory of the Kingdom of Poland - New Findings (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Liturgy, Performance Arts - General, Religious Life |
| Paper 1324-c | 'Christ in a box': Sculptures and Tombs from Late Medieval Scandinavia (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Lay Piety, Liturgy |
| Paper 1324-d | The Descent from the Cross in the Catalan Cultural Area: Blurring the Boundaries between Liturgy and Drama (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Liturgy, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
| Abstract | During the Middle Ages many churches throughout Europe - as early as the 10th century - practiced the so-called Depositio Crucis, a ceremony during which the burial of Christ was reenacted through the placement of a host or crucifix into a 'sepulcher'. Later, and that was probably related to changes in spirituality and the development of Christocentric devotion, some churches replaced the host/cross with a gisant of the dead Christ or with an articulated Christ that was removed from a crucifix. In this session, such practices from various regions - namely Catalonia, Poland, and Scandinavia - will be presented and discussed. |