Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	213
Title	Medieval Epigraphy, I: Emperor's and King's Death - Epigraphic Approaches
Date/Time	Monday 7 July 2014: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia
Organiser	Flavia de Rubeis, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia
Moderator/Chair	Estelle Ingrand-Varenne, Centre de recherche française à Jérusalem, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) / Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (CESCM - UMR 7302), Université de Poitiers
Paper 213-a	Commemoration of Emperors in the Imperial City of Augsburg at the Border from Medieval to Modern Times (Language: English) Franz-Albrecht Bornschlegel, Historisches Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Index Terms: Art History - Sculpture; Epigraphy; Manuscripts and Palaeography; Mentalities
Paper 213-b	Culti ed Epigrafi: Epigraphic Productions during the Pontificates of Paschal I, 817-824 and Paschal II, 1099-1118 (Language: English) Marida Pierno, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'antichità e del tardo antico, Università degli Studi di Bari Index Terms: Art History - Decorative Arts; Art History - Sculpture; Epigraphy; Religious Life
Abstract	Popes and Emperors appear with frequency in medieval epigraphic practices. They can appear as the sponsors or the subjects of the inscriptions in a lot of epitaphs. The first session dedicated to medieval epigraphy would like to focus on the paleographic and linguistic aspects of imperial and papal funerary inscriptions in order to determine whether they present some specific 'imperial' forms. What kind of Empire can be seen through these epitaphs? By studying how popes and emperors used the epigraphic objects, the three papers presented in this session will deal with the commemorative and symbolic aspects of medieval inscriptions.