Communicating with the Sacred: Visual Puns, Rebuses, and Codes: Words and Images in the Art of the Later Middle Ages (1200-1600)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Sarah Blick

Organizer Affiliation

Kenyon College

Presider Name

Laura Gelfand

Presider Affiliation

Utah State Univ.

Paper Title 1

Color Coding in the Vernon Paternoster Diagram

Presenter 1 Name

Kathryn R. Vulic

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Western Washington Univ.

Paper Title 2

The Lion or the Hedgehog? Canting Arms and Ethnic Identity in Late Medieval Bohemia

Presenter 2 Name

S. Adam Hindin

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Richmond

Paper Title 3

The Fearsome Unicorn: Images of Death in BL, Additional MS 37049

Presenter 3 Name

Leslie Carpenter

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 4

Heads Up: Puns about Male Genitals in Italian Material Culture

Presenter 4 Name

Patricia Simons

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Start Date

12-5-2012 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room