Viewing Inscriptions in the Late Antique and Medieval World
- Submitting institution
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Courtauld Institute of Art
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 46
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1017/CBO9781316136034
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781316136034
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Viewing Inscriptions in the Late Antique and Medieval World is the major output of a project conceived and run by Antony Eastmond. It was developed as part of AHRC network award (Viewing Texts: Word as Image and Ornament in Medieval Inscriptions, 2008-11), for which Eastmond was PI. Eastmond, with Co-I Professor Liz James (University of Sussex), brought scholars together to analyse the communications embedded in the visual appearance of inscriptions beyond their textual content. This was a major break with traditional studies of inscriptions which largely concentrated on textual content. It built on developments in the field of communication studies and explored how these could be applied to the late antique and medieval worlds to further understanding of the cultures of these eras. The edited volume has established this as a field of study and has inspired subsequent studies. It has developed research questions about the relationships between legibility, readability and ornament; location, spacing and script; multi-lingual inscriptions and their audiences.
The author selection for the volume was made by Eastmond and the topics of discussion were agreed and developed with him. Eastmond also determined the chronological and geographical spread, bringing scholars from different fields into dialogue: Late Antique with medieval scholars; scholars of the Greco-Roman/ Christian world with those working on the Islamic Mediterranean and Iranian worlds. The volume was the product of three network meetings organized by Eastmond, at which the authors came together to discuss ideas and to develop common themes and research questions. This is evident in the overall coherence of the final volume and the number of shared themes that are brought together in Eastmond’s ‘Introduction’ and ‘Epilogue.’
Eastmond’s essay for the volume, ‘Textual Icons: Viewing Inscriptions in Medieval Georgia,’ was used to demonstrate the potential of the topic to the authors throughout the project.
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- Non-English
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