CONGRESS CANCELED Treasured Objects from Archive to Altar: The Documentation and Display of Transcultural Networks I

Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

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This pair of sessions focuses on treasured objects in order to bring transcultural networks to the fore, shining a light on issues of relevance to both scholarship and society today. We address broad socio-cultural questions concerning the role of sumptuary collections as evidence of connections during the central Middle Ages, especially the multiple layers of contacts in medieval Christendom and Islam. The treasury at San Isidoro de León offers a comparative model for reading evidence over time, weighing the sometimes contradictory conclusions from documentary or visual sources against scientific analysis. Issues of display, usage, and audience are analyzed. Amanda W. Dotseth

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May 8th, 1:30 PM

CONGRESS CANCELED Treasured Objects from Archive to Altar: The Documentation and Display of Transcultural Networks I

Schneider 1360

This pair of sessions focuses on treasured objects in order to bring transcultural networks to the fore, shining a light on issues of relevance to both scholarship and society today. We address broad socio-cultural questions concerning the role of sumptuary collections as evidence of connections during the central Middle Ages, especially the multiple layers of contacts in medieval Christendom and Islam. The treasury at San Isidoro de León offers a comparative model for reading evidence over time, weighing the sometimes contradictory conclusions from documentary or visual sources against scientific analysis. Issues of display, usage, and audience are analyzed. Amanda W. Dotseth