Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	706
Title	Shaping the Page, Forming the Text: Material Aspects of Medieval Charters
Date/Time	Tuesday 13 July 2010: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Groupement de recherches 'Diplomatique' (GDR 3177-CNRS)
Organiser	Sébastien Barret, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT - UPR 841), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Moderator/Chair	Laurent Morelle, Section des Sciences Historiques et Philologiques, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
Paper 706-a	The Discerning Eye of the Forger: Medieval Forgeries as Material Objects (Language: English) Mark Mersiowsky, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie, Universität Innsbruck Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 706-b	The Notitiae of Marmoutiers and their Continuations: Preparation, Shaping, Practices (150-1150) (Language: English) Claire Lamy, Centre Roland Mousnier (CRM - UMR 8596), Sorbonne Université, Paris Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Manuscripts and Palaeography; Monasticism
Paper 706-c	Forms and Shapes: 'Private Deeds' in Cluny (10th-11th Centuries) (Language: English) Sébastien Barret, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT - UPR 841), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Manuscripts and Palaeography; Monasticism
Abstract	In accordance to one of the currently existing research programs of the GDR 3177 'Diplomatique', the papers presented at this session will focus on medieval charters and their material aspects in relation to their texts. More precisely, we wish to explore the ways in which size, layout, writing, graphical elements etc. of the documents were used to convey, reinforce, and form the sense the charters carried. These material aspects should therefore be analysed not only as passive recipients or carriers of a textual message, but also as an active part of a whole.