Text and Images in Medieval Manuscripts: Towards a Typology
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St. Louis Univ.
Organizer Name
Evelyn Meyer
Organizer Affiliation
St. Louis Univ.
Presider Name
Christian Schneider
Presider Affiliation
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Paper Title 1
Maria Ormani (degli Albizzi) and the Problem of Self-Portraiture in Italian Manuscripts
Presenter 1 Name
Kathleen G. Arthur
Presenter 1 Affiliation
James Madison Univ.
Paper Title 2
Text, Image, and Devotion: Forms and Functions of Audience Engagement in Medieval Manuscripts
Presenter 2 Name
Eva von Contzen
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg
Start Date
12-5-2016 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1275
Description
This session seeks to explore the complex relationships between text and images in medieval manuscripts. Previous research has shown that illuminations in manuscripts, in part, follow their own rules and principles, rather than strictly ‘visualizing’ the textual content of the artifact. We still lack, however, a precise account of the possible relationships into which texts and images entered. Images serve to structure and frame a text, adding additional layers of meaning to it, sometimes even contradicting it. Moreover, we need to consider those instances in which the illuminations themselves contain text, such as inscriptions, labels (tituli), or banderoles. Therefore, this session asks which new insights are gained by shifting our focus towards a typology of images and their relationship to the text and welcomes contributions that work toward a typology of possible relationships between text and image(s) in medieval manuscripts.
Teresa E. Harvey
Text and Images in Medieval Manuscripts: Towards a Typology
Schneider 1275
This session seeks to explore the complex relationships between text and images in medieval manuscripts. Previous research has shown that illuminations in manuscripts, in part, follow their own rules and principles, rather than strictly ‘visualizing’ the textual content of the artifact. We still lack, however, a precise account of the possible relationships into which texts and images entered. Images serve to structure and frame a text, adding additional layers of meaning to it, sometimes even contradicting it. Moreover, we need to consider those instances in which the illuminations themselves contain text, such as inscriptions, labels (tituli), or banderoles. Therefore, this session asks which new insights are gained by shifting our focus towards a typology of images and their relationship to the text and welcomes contributions that work toward a typology of possible relationships between text and image(s) in medieval manuscripts.
Teresa E. Harvey