IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 512: Spiritual Space and Physical Place: Defining and Transcending Boundaries in the Medieval World
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Hagiography Society |
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| Organiser: | Kathryn Gerry, Department of Art History, University of Kansas |
| Moderator/Chair: | Lucy Donkin, Departments of History & History of Art, University of Bristol |
| Paper 512-a | The Armchair Time Traveler: Crossing Chronological Boundaries in Matthew Paris' Pictorial Hagiography (Dublin, Trinity College MS 177) (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Hagiography, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 512-b | Blurring the Boundaries of Lusignan Cyprus: Saints' Icons within Multi-Confessional Communities (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Byzantine Studies, Crusades |
| Abstract | This session examines the role of place, whether static or dynamic, within European and Mediterranean spiritual communities. The communities in question were defined in part by relationships with the divine, mediated through historical prophets and saints, and enabling a powerful shared sense of identity and purpose. These papers explore ways in which the visual and material arts might be used to foster, expand, and/or continue a sense of communal identity, often transcending physical and chronological boundaries. |