IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1745: Connecting Medieval Badges and Ampullas
Thursday 6 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
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| Organiser: | Annemarieke Willemsen, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden |
| Moderator/Chair: | Michael John Lewis, Portable Antiquities Scheme, British Museum, London |
| Paper 1745-a | Chained and Contained: Medieval Ampullas as Carriers of Power, Image, and Cult (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Religious Life |
| Paper 1745-b | The Influence of the Catholic Church on 'Secular' Themed Sexual Badges (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Sexuality |
| Paper 1745-c | Beads, Badges, and Beyond: Rosaries as Reliquaries in Art and Archaeology (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Late-medieval pewter badges are wearable tokens of memory, loyalty, and identification. As such, they are material witnesses to extensive networks of sacred and profane knowledge. Too often badges are seen one-dimensional, as pilgrim souvenirs acquired, worn, kept, and discarded by one person. In reality, these badges functioned as modern travel souvenirs, destined primary for others. This is even more true for ampullas, that functioned as cheap reliquaries, to transfer the power of relics to other places. When viewed this way, pilgrim badges are reunited with their 'profane' counterparts: all those badges related to everyday life, culture, and literature. Used to convey alliances, views, and identities, these reflect social networks. The 2023 badge sessions will present new sets of badges and ampullas & treat them as dynamic objects, moved and exchanged to connect late-medieval people. |