IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1614: British Archaeological Association, II: Climate and the End of the World in Beatus's Manuscripts and the Osteological Record
Thursday 8 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | British Archaeological Association |
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Organiser: | Harriet Mahood, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
Moderator/Chair: | Harriet Mahood, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
Paper 1614-a | The Subversion of Nature and Cosmic Upheaval in Illuminated Beatus Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Biblical Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1614-b | What Goes around Comes around: Tracking Plague Epidemics and Changes in Climate, 400-1400 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Medicine, Science, Social History |
Paper 1614-c | 'Honey out of the rock': Late Medieval Bee Hives at Rosslyn Chapel (Language: English) |
Abstract | This session looks at the role of climate and its interplay with our own mortality. Firstly, it looks at the depictions of the world in Beatus miniatures and how these depictions subverted nature and illustrated cosmic upheaval. After this look at how people were choosing to depict the end of time, we move to examine the very real threats that signalled a potential end of time such as plague and land abandonment. |