IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 148: Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Iberia, c. 1000-1400: Stories, Places, and Identities

Monday 3 July 2023, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (AARHMS)
Organiser:	Jesús Rodríguez Viejo, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Moderator/Chair:	Jesús Rodríguez Viejo, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Paper 148-a	Forging Imaginary Journeys: Iconographic Script on the Arca Santa of Oviedo (Language: English) Kristen Racaniello, Graduate Center, City University of New York Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Liturgy
Paper 148-b	A Portrait of an Artist as Key to Unlocking St Emilian's Casket (Language: English) Maeve Marta O'Donnell-Morales, Department of Art History, Courtauld Insitute of Art, University of London Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Liturgy
Paper 148-c	Painted Wooden Saintly Coffins from Late Medieval Spain (Language: English) Ireneu Visa Guerrero, Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona Index terms: Art History - Painting, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Liturgy
Abstract	Medieval Iberia is largely and remarkably absent from recent reference works on the subject, the objects in general not being extensively studied in Spanish universities as outsiders to the grander art historical canon. The complexities of medieval Iberia in terms of art, conflicting religions, and dynamic territorial realities make the study of relics and reliquaries particularly appealing and prone to major inroads.