IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1301: Materials, Manufacture, Movement: Tracing Connections through Object Itineraries
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | International Center of Medieval Art |
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| Organiser: | Therese Martin, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid |
| Moderator/Chair: | Therese Martin, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid |
| Paper 1301-a | Linen, Wool, and Silk: Climate Conditions and Textile Production from Egypt to Iberia (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General |
| Paper 1301-b | Exquisite yet Handy: On Ivory / Ebony Caskets and the Egypt / Iberia Debate (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture |
| Paper 1301-c | Treasuries as Windows to the Medieval World: San Isidoro de León and St Blaise at Braunschweig (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Mentalities |
| Paper 1301-d | Women's Influence, Modern Perceptions, and the Transmission of 'Culture' in Medieval Central and Eastern Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | Two pairs of interrelated papers feature the rich work-in-progress by members of the project 'The Medieval Iberian Treasury in Context: Collections, Connections, and Representations on the Peninsula and Beyond' (PI Therese Martin). Our research interrogates how and why medieval artifacts moved across borders, whether religious, political, or geographical; such objects and textiles materialize connections that are too often missing from official written histories. Likewise, team members analyze the presence of artifacts and materials preserved far from their places of manufacture to understand the works' socio-historical itineraries. These papers depend on the material evidence of artifacts - textiles, ebony and ivory caskets, metalworks, and manuscripts - to understand the interconnections among diverse climates, cultures, and technologies. Our object-oriented approaches shed light on networks of trade, plunder, marriage, and diplomacy, through which prized possessions arrived at destinations including Egypt, Iberia, Germanic lands, and the easterly reaches of Europe. |