Narrative Geographies of Medieval Architecture II: Sacred Topography
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Gillian B. Elliott
Organizer Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Presider Name
Anne Heath
Presider Affiliation
Hope College
Paper Title 1
Do You Believe in Magic? Unorthodox Devotion at San Miguel de Gormaz
Presenter 1 Name
Kelly Watt
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Washburn Univ.
Paper Title 2
Narratives of Creation/Re-Creation and Spiritual Pilgrimage as Overt and Veiled Architectural Expression of Christian Temporal, Eschatological, and Allegorical Themes at San Miniato al Monte, Florence
Presenter 2 Name
John Kendall Hopkins
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 3
A Holy Hole, Anglo-Saxon Bones, and a Jerusalem Chapel: Redefining Sacred Geography at Winchester Cathedral in the Twelfth Century
Presenter 3 Name
Laura J. Whatley
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Auburn Univ.-Montgomery
Start Date
11-5-2018 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 2335
Description
This session will explore the agency of movement within the built environment across Europe and the Mediterranean in the period 1000-1450. We seek to consider how individuals and/or social groups generated narratives of meaning derived from where and how they traversed space. Meaning could be an established program based on the dominant iconographical or liturgical themes projected within the space, or be an alternative reading generated on a pattern of movement that goes against, or in addition to, an "official" narrative. Such narratives might result from the encounter between a public place and a person's individual histories. Narrative geographies could be studied at one particular historical moment, or be one that develops over generations, thereby layering meaning over time. Speakers might consider spaces for liturgical processions, sacred dramas, political or governmental assemblies, legal pronouncements, public punishments, or royal celebrations. Innovative methodologies and technologies are particularly welcome.
Gillian Elliott and Anne Heath
Narrative Geographies of Medieval Architecture II: Sacred Topography
Schneider 2335
This session will explore the agency of movement within the built environment across Europe and the Mediterranean in the period 1000-1450. We seek to consider how individuals and/or social groups generated narratives of meaning derived from where and how they traversed space. Meaning could be an established program based on the dominant iconographical or liturgical themes projected within the space, or be an alternative reading generated on a pattern of movement that goes against, or in addition to, an "official" narrative. Such narratives might result from the encounter between a public place and a person's individual histories. Narrative geographies could be studied at one particular historical moment, or be one that develops over generations, thereby layering meaning over time. Speakers might consider spaces for liturgical processions, sacred dramas, political or governmental assemblies, legal pronouncements, public punishments, or royal celebrations. Innovative methodologies and technologies are particularly welcome.
Gillian Elliott and Anne Heath