Writing names in medieval sacred spaces : inscriptions in the West, from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages / edited by Estelle Ingrand-Varenne, Elisa Pallottini, and Janneke Raaijmakers.
Publisher:
Brepols,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xx, 386 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
"The aim of our project, and of this book, was not to answer all questions relating to names in the Middle Ages ... but to bring together our expertise in history, art history, palaeography, end epigraphy to open up new research questions relating to the name in its social, cultural, and linguistic context and ... to 'the writtenness of written names'"--Preface, page viii. "This book is the result of a collective project of the Centre d'études supérieures de civilisation médiévale (CESCM) of Poitiers and the Utrecht Centre of Medieval Studies (UCSM)."--Preface, page vii. Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-378) and index
Contents:
Introduction / Vincent Debiais -- Le nom et l'être: De la théorie aux mises en forme épigraphiques / Estelle Ingrand-Varenne -- Graver son nom dans la pierre: Aspects techniques et culturels / Thierry Grégor -- Topographie du nom du saint dans l'église: L'exemple des inscriptions brèves de dédicace / Annick Gagné -- Le nom, marque dans l'image et marqueur de l'objet / Vincent Debiais -- Le nom à l'oeuvre: Les signatures épigraphiques d'artistes et de commanditaires entre quête de gloire et perspectives eschatologiques / Émilie Mineo -- Hic fuit: Scratching Names on Sacred Walls / Carlo Tedeschi -- Saints' Names and Relics: The Evidence of Church Inscriptions / Elisa Pallottini -- Ces morts dont on inscrit le nom dans la pierre ... / Cécile Treffort -- Et breve in exigo marmore nomen ero: Un seul nom pour épitaphe (Gaule, Aquitaine, VIe-VIIIe s.) / Morgane Uberti -- The Memory of a Person's Name / Janneke Raaijmakers -- The Social Meaning of Names / Janneke Raaijmakers -- Naming as a Liturgical Act / Els Rose -- Beyond the Pale? Those Who Were Not Worthy to Be Named / Marco Mostert -- Conclusions / Estelle Ingrand-Varenne, Elisa Pallottini, and Janneke Raaijmakers.
Summary:
"This volume proposes a framework for reflection on practices of writing personal names in medieval sacred spaces, uniting historians, art historians, and specialists in written culture (both epigraphers and palaeographers). It traces the forms and functions of names that can be found within the space of early medieval churches and cemeteries, focusing mainly, but not solely, on inscriptions. By examining names written in various kinds of media, from liturgical books to graffiti and more formal inscriptions, the contributors investigate the intentions and effects of the act of writing one's own name or having one's name written down. Their interest resides less in the name itself than the interactions it had with its spatial, iconographic, linguistic, ritual, and cultural context, and what this indicates about medieval graphical practices. What is a name from a graphic point of view? What are the specificities of the epigraphic manifestations of names? By whom were names written, and for whom were they intended (if they were even meant to be accessed)? Addressing these and other questions, this volume shows the importance of inscriptions as historical sources and the contribution they give to the study of medieval societies at the intersection of history, anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and semiology."-- Publisher's website.
Series:
Utrecht studies in medieval literacy, 2034-9416 ; 56
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.