IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1302: The Rich Lives of Medieval Rings

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Medieval Iberian Treasury in Context, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, España
Organiser:	Jitske Jasperse, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid
Moderator/Chair:	Jitske Jasperse, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid
Paper 1302-a	Gender and Status in Rings from the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean (Language: English) Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, DC Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies
Paper 1302-b	Rings of Emotion: Exploring the Emotional Lives of Medieval Objects (Language: English) Eleanor Standley, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Mentalities
Paper 1302-c	Show and Tell: The Display of Rings in Treasuries and Museums (Language: English) Amanda W. Dotseth, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - General, Historiography - Modern Scholarship
Abstract	Rings in museums, on websites, and publications are often presented as frozen in time and place, sometimes even detached from their possible owners or wearers. This session demonstrates that a closer look at these diminutive artefacts - both precious and mundane - as well as an assessment of their place within the archaeological and written record presents more nuanced stories about how and why these small and sensory items were crafted and were able to forge connections between people and things.