Making It or Faking It? The Strange Truths of "False Witnesses" to Medieval Forms
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
Organizer Name
Mildred Budny, Sarah M. Anderson
Organizer Affiliation
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Princeton Univ.
Presider Name
David Porreca
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Waterloo
Paper Title 1
Semi-Official Counterfeiting: "False" Coinage Produced within the French Mints (1380-1422) and What It Tells Us
Presenter 1 Name
David Sorenson
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Allen G. Berman, Numismatist
Paper Title 2
The Truth Will Out: Verity or Verisimilitude in Pre-Photographic Reproductions
Presenter 2 Name
Mildred Budny
Start Date
15-5-2015 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1130
Description
Forgeries, imitations, and re-creations of earlier forms challenge the study of medieval texts, art, artefacts, modes of thought, and systems of belief. Whether aimed to fool, amuse, cheat, instruct, or educate their audiences, say by providing a 'better' or 'truer' version of the past, these 'false witnesses' call for recognition of their potential truths, of whatever form, in a complex testimony to the Middle Ages and their legacy. This session examines cases found in texts, coinage, manuscripts, and art.
-- Mildred Budny
Making It or Faking It? The Strange Truths of "False Witnesses" to Medieval Forms
Schneider 1130
Forgeries, imitations, and re-creations of earlier forms challenge the study of medieval texts, art, artefacts, modes of thought, and systems of belief. Whether aimed to fool, amuse, cheat, instruct, or educate their audiences, say by providing a 'better' or 'truer' version of the past, these 'false witnesses' call for recognition of their potential truths, of whatever form, in a complex testimony to the Middle Ages and their legacy. This session examines cases found in texts, coinage, manuscripts, and art.
-- Mildred Budny