medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks for a brief break from tax forms!
These are indeed valuable sources, happily quite inexpensive and so
residents of my study shelf.
The issue of 'epigraphy' and 'inscriptions' is one that interests me
quite a bit. Epigraphers as such generally concentrate on the written
evidence on grave and memorial stones, architectural stone blocks, and
other fairly large and often public objects. Paleographers tend to
concentrate on manuscript sources. Lying between the two areas of
expertise is the material that I most often examine, inscriptions cut
into (rather than inked or painted on) such durable media as coin dies,
seal matrices, and engraved gems, and those applied in relief, enamel,
etc. to metalwork. Some media-- coins in particular-- have their own
distinctive scripts, but for the rest one has to seek parallels wherever
they can be found. I have spent many years doing this. Whenever I start
work on a new project, as in the case of the seal matrix I have recently
encountered, I hope to discover that someone has done a study of small
display scripts in a relevant time and/or place. Alas, such hopes have
always been dashed. Anyone out there need a good, juicy material culture
project?
best,
Genevra
On 4/12/2013 1:36 PM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> From: Herwig Weigl<[log in to unmask]>
>
>> Michel Pastoureau, Les sceaux (Typologie des sources du Moyen Age occidental
> 36,Turnhout 1981), but he is hardly interested in epigraphy, citing only a
> handful of titles, among them Demay.
>
>
> thanks, Herwig.
>
> in the same series there is also
>
> Favreau, Robert. Les inscriptions médiévales (Typologie des sources du Moyen
> Age
> occidental, 35). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1979.
>
> which, as far as i know is not available on-line --even with a subscription
>
> (Brepols ain't going to give anything away).
>
> Favreau also did
>
> Favreau, Robert. Epigraphie medieval. (L’Atelier du Médiéviste, 5).
> Turnhout: Brepols, 1997. [360pp., 65 plates]
>
>
> but, while the text on a seal might be termed an "inscription," is it
> "epigraphie"?
>
> i don't know.
>
> c
>
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