Art and symbolism pervade most if not all fields of interest to medieval and later archaeologists and in a number of countries, the history of medieval art and architecture was in fact one of the many fathers of the archaeological study of medieval times. This old link between the different disciplines has lost nothing of its attraction, particularly as archaeological fieldwork continues to turn up new evidence which contributes significantly to the history of art and architecture. One could reasonably argue that with the exception of the so-called fine - and mainly pictorial - arts and segments of the study of art and architecture on the basis of written sources, archaeology is instrumental in renewing our understanding of the medieval and later perceptions of many different forms of art and architecture. This is certainly the case where all kinds of smaller art works, major and minor buildings, the broad range of decorative artwork and the more common and often somewhat humbler decorated objects are concerned.
Symbolism is - almost by definition closely linked with the concept of art and with the intricate problems of detecting, identifying and explaining specific meanings in art objects and decorations. It is therefore reasonable to join the two notions, as they also were on the occasion of the first "Medieval Europe" conference in York in 1992.
Author(s): Guy De Boe, Frans Verhaeghe (eds.)
Series: I.A.P. Rapporten, 5
Publisher: Institute for the Archaeological Heritage
Year: 1997
Language: English, French, German
Pages: 156
City: Zellik
Preface 5
The secular use of art - L'art dans le monde séculier - Kunst im säkularen Welt
Cyril R. Hart / The Canterbury Contribution to the Bayeux Tapestry 7
Brian Gilmour & Ian Tyers / The Courtrai Chest: Relict or Recent? 17
Antoinette Navecth-Domin / Un manoir péri-urbain et son décor peint du XIVe siècle 27
Christiane Prigent / La sculpture profane comme manifestation de la culture laïque dans les édifices religieux: l'exemple de la Bretagne aux XVe et XVIe siècles 39
Geoff Potter / Eagle House, Wimbledon Village, London: the Excavation of an Early 17th-century Garden 45
Aspects of style - Arts et style - Kunst und Stil
Sybille Ehringhaus / "Was ist hässlich?" oder: Die Kunstgeschichte und ihr schwieriges Verhältnis zur frühmittelalterlichen Kunst 57
Natalja Eniosova & Tamara Pushkina / Some Technological Aspects of Fine Metalworking in Gnezdovo (an Analysis of the Hoards from the Upper Dnieper Region) 65
Mary Deevy / Jewellery, Art and Symbolism in Medieval Irish Society 73
Karen Höilund Nielsen / '...writhe-hilted and serpent-marked...' 83
Nancy Edwards / Viking-influenced Sculpture in North-Wales: Its Ornament and Context 95
Marina Vicelja / The Order and its Interpretation in Early Medieval Sculpture in Istria 101
Symbols in action - Symboles en action - Symbole in Wandel
Jes Wienberg / Gotlandic Church Portals: Gender or Ritual? 107
Veronica Murashova / Warrior's Belts in the System of Early Medieval Cultural Values. Some Notes on the Adoption of a Socially Meaningful Cultural Element 113
Tadeusz Baranowski & Leszek Gajewski / Angel and Dragon: Two Medaillons from an Early Medieval Hill-fort in Kalisz, Poland 119
Nina H. Manaserian & Louisa A. Antonian / Animals as a Totem in Ancient Armenia 127
Sacred and profane badges - Insignes religieux et séculiers - Religiöse und profane Insignien
Denis Bruna / Les enseignes du "Musée de Cluny" 131
A. M. Koldeweij / Sacred and Profane: Medieval Mass-produced Badges 135
Katja Boertjes / Late Medieval Badges and Other Pilgrims' Souvenirs Excavated in Amsterdam 139
Marike de Kroon / Medieval Pilgrim Badges in the Collection of the Museum for Religious Art: Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht 145
Elly van Loon - van de Moosdijk / Pilgrim Badges and Bells 149
