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IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 322: Timeless, Endless, and Limitless in Salzburg, III: Digitisation and Visualisation

Monday 6 July 2026, 16:30-18:00

Organiser:Julia Hintersteiner, Mittelhochdeutsche Begriffsdatenbank, Fachbereich Germanistik / Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
Moderator/Chair:Marlene Ernst, Stadtarchiv Salzburg
Paper 322-aTime Reflected in and through the Wall Paintings of the Hohensalzburg Fortress
(Language: English)
Manuel Schwembacher, Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg
Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Teaching the Middle Ages
Paper 322-bMuseum Management and Cultural Mediation at the Hohensalzburg Fortress as a Mirror of Time
(Language: English)
Iris Hafner, Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg
Index terms: Local History, Teaching the Middle Ages
Paper 322-cCreating a Virtual Collection: Medieval Manuscripts in the Holdings of the Diocesan Archives of Gurk, Carinthia
(Language: English)
Veronika Polloczek, Archiv der Diözese Gurk, Katholische Kirche Kärnten
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

The overall session strand focuses on/explores topics dealing with different aspects on perceiving time and timelessness in the city and the region of Salzburg – in this case visual as well as digital examples.

Medieval art represents not only ‘points in time’ but also concepts of time. Added to this is the viewer’s time. Medieval art is performative; the image ‘actualises’ biblical events. Temporality here refers to the simultaneity of image and ritual experience. The second paper deals with the mediation of the Middle Ages in the context of museums with different types of media. By digitising manuscripts of the episcopal library and the former provostry of Maria Saal, the Diocesan Archives of Gurk aim to make this unique source accessible to researchers and private individuals alike. This will be discussed in the third paper. The fourth paper examines how the Wenzelsbibel digital edition uses TEI, IIIF, and AI-based models to analyze medieval text–image temporalities, highlighting tensions between algorithmic reduction and scholarly interpretation. It bridges medieval art history with current debates on temporality and multimodality in Digital Humanities.