Institute for Medieval Studies

IMC 2017 Session

Session	203
Title	Relics at the Interface between Textuality and Materiality, c. 400-c. 1200, II: Inscribing the Relics
Date/Time	Monday 3 July 2017: 14.15-15.45

Sponsor	NWO-VIDI Project: Mind over Matter - Debates about Relics as Sacred Objects, c. 350-c. 1150

Organiser	Elisa Pallottini, Institut de recherche Religions, spiritualités, cultures, sociétés, Université Catholique de Louvain / Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht
	Janneke Raaijmakers, Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht
	Julia M. H. Smith, Faculty of History, University of Oxford

Moderator/Chair	Bryan Ward-Perkins, Faculty of History, University of Oxford

Paper 203-a	Ossa loquuntur: Labelling Reliquaries and the Transmission of the Communal Memory of Martyrs in Late Antique Anatolia and the Near East (Language: English) Paweł Nowakowski, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Index Terms: Byzantine Studies; Epigraphy; Literacy and Orality
Paper 203-b	Scales, Sizes, and the Legibility of Medieval Relics Inscriptions (Language: English) Vincent Debiais, Centre de recherches historiques (CRH - UMR 8558), École des hautes études en sciences sociales / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris Index Terms: Art History - Decorative Arts; Epigraphy; Literacy and Orality
Paper 203-c	Poetry and Materiality: The Inscription on the Reliquary of Saint Savinianus by Odorannus of Sens (Language: English) Estelle Ingrand-Varenne, Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (CESCM - UMR 7302), Université de Poitiers / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Poitiers Index Terms: Art History - Decorative Arts; Epigraphy; Literacy and Orality; Liturgy

Abstract	Concentrating on inscriptions on late antique reliquaries from the eastern Mediterranean and on early medieval reliquaries from Western Europe, this panel explores how epigraphic texts participated in the presentation of the relics in their cult sites and how they contributed to explaining the relics' or the reliquaries' significance to the intended audience. The proposed papers approach the relations between textual contents, material characteristics of writing, supports and contexts via questions of visibility, legibility, and function of inscriptions.