1.
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Introduction to course
Ø course aims
Ø course logistics: overview of course texts, assignments, etc.
Ø intro. to course content
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2.
Required Reading:
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Setting the stage I: saints, relics and religion
Angenendt (2010): relics and their veneration; Krueger (2010): religion
of relics in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
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3.
Required Reading:
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Setting the stage II:
the rise of the cult of saints in the Latin West (3rd-6thc.)
Brown, P. (1981): Chs. 1, 4 and 6: ideology/ context cult of saints western late antiquity
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4.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the Latin West (3rd-6thc.)
Thunø, E. (2018): context of “imaging” of relics/ cult of relicsand reliquaries Late Antiquity
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5-7
Meeting time / place:
Required Reading:
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On-site visit 1:
S. Paolo, flm, S. Agnese, flm: catacomb,
4th cent. basilica, 4th c. mausoleum of S. Costanza,
and 7th cent. ad corpus basilica of Sant’Agnese
Meet 8 AM outside of entrance of San Paolo (Piazzale di San Paolo, 1)
Coon. L.L. and Sexton, K. (2020): circiform basilicas/ cult of martyrs in Rome
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8.
Required Reading:
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Setting the stage III:
the cult of saints in the early Medieval West (7th-10th c.)
Geary (1990): Chs. 1 and 2: context cult of saints early Medieval West
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9.
Required Reading:
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Setting the stage IV: the cult of saints in the early Medieval West, cont./ Visual culture in the cult of saints in the early Medieval West: reliquaries
Bagnoli (2010): reliquaries medium and craft; Geary (1990): Chs. 4 and 5: context cult of saints early Medieval West
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10.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the early Medieval West: reliquaries, cont.
Hahn, C. (2010); function of reliquaries
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11.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the early Medieval West:
Rome, apse mosaics, 7th -9th (intro.)
Thunø (2015), Introduction and Ch. 1: apse mosaics in early med. Rome
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12-14
Meeting time / place:
Required Reading:
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On-site visit 2
SS. Cosma e Damiano, S. Prassede and Santa Cecilia
10Am outside of SS. Cosma e Damiano (on Via dei Fori Imperiali)
Mauck, M. (1987): S. Prassede triumphal arch: liturgical interpretation
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Submit mid-term comparisons 24 hrs
before the review session for mid-term exam
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15.
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Mid-term review: please come to class having read mid-term review
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16.
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MID- TERM EXAM
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17.
Required Reading:
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Setting the stage V: the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.)
Hahn (1997): construction of sanctity: Medieval saints’ shrines
**Review of Visual Analysis and Term Paper**
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18.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints
in the central Middle Ages (11th-13th c.)
Abou-El-Haj (1994), Ch. 1
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19.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.): pictorial narrative, intro.
Abou-El-Haj (1994), Ch. 2
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20.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.): pictorial narrative, cont.
see previous class
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21-23
Meeting time / place:
Required Reading:
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On-site visit 3: San Clemente
10am; Basilica of San Clemente entrance
Filippini (2004), Pictorial Narratives and Liturgical Spaces eleventh-century frescoes in San Clemente
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24.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.): pictorial narrative, cont.:
images of “normative” gender and violence
Easton (2002): iconography of pain, torture and death of martyrs (through case study)
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25.
Required Reading:
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The visual culture of the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.): pictorial narrative, cont.:
images of “normative” gender and violence, cont.
see previous class
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26.
Required Reading:
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Visual culture in the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.): pictorial narrative, cont.: gender ambivalence
Grayson (2009): images of transvestite saints
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27.
Required Reading:
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Visual culture in the cult of saints in the central Middle Ages
(11th-13th c.): pictorial narrative, cont.: gender ambivalence, cont.
see previous class
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28.
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Loose ends/ recap
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Final Exams
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Final exam date, time and classroom T.B.A.
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OVERVIEW OF KEY BIBLIOGRAPHIC WORKS FOR THE COURSE (Required Reading)
Abou-El-Haj, B. (1994), The medieval cult of saints: formations and transformations (excerpts)
Bagnoli, M. et al. eds. (2010), Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe [British Museum exhibition catalogue]:
Angenendt, A, “The Religion of Relics in Late Antiquity and Byzantium,” 19-28
Bagnoli, M., “The Stuff of Heaven: Materials and Craftsmanship in Medieval Reliquaries,” 137-147
Hahn, C., "The Spectacle of the Charismatic Body. Patrons, Artists and Body-Part Reliquaries," 163-172
Krueger, D. “The Religion of Relics in Late Antiquity and Byzantium,” 5-17
Palazzo, E. “Relics, Liturgical Space, and the Theology of the Church,” 99-107
Brown, P. (1981), The Cult of Saints. Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity (excerpts)
Coon. L.L. and Sexton, K. (2020), “Racetrack to Salvation: The Circus, the Basilica and the Martyr” Gesta 59/1, 1-42
Easton, M. (2002), “Pain, Torture and Death in the Huntigton Library Legenda Aurea” in Riches, S. and Salih, S. eds. Gender and Holiness: Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe, 49-64
Filippini, C. (2004), "Functions of Pictorial Narratives and Liturgical Spaces: the eleventh-century frescoes of the titular saint in the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome" in Dale, T. E. A. and Mitchell, J. eds. Shaping Sacred Space and Institutional Identity in Romanesque Mural Painting. Essays in Honour of Otto Demus
Foletti, I. (2017), "Maranatha: Space, Liturgy, and Image in the Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian on the Roman Forum" in Foletti, I. and Gianandrea M. eds. The Fifth Century in Rome. Art Liturgy, Patronage, 161-179
Geary, P.J. (1990), Furta Sacra. Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Age (excerpts)
Gerevini, S. (2014), "Christus crystallus: Rock Crystal, Theology and Materiality in the Medieval West" in Robinson, J. and de Beer, L. eds. with Harnden, A. Matter of Faith: An Interdisciplinary Study of Relics and Relic Veneration in the Medieval Period
Goodson, C. (2007), "Building for Bodies. The Architecture of Saint Veneration in Early Medieval Rome" in Ó Carragáin, É. and de Vegvar, C. N. eds. Roma Felix: Formation and Reflections on Medieval Rome, 51-79
Grayson, S. (2009), "Disruptive Disguises: The Problem of Transvestite Saints for Medieval Art, Identity, and Identification" Medieval Feminist Forum 45/2: 138-174
Hahn, C. (1997), “Seeing and Believing: the construction of sanctity in early Medieval saints’ shrines” in Nees, L. ed. Approaches to Early Medieval Art, 121-148
Hahn, C. (2001) Portrayed on the Heart: Narrative Effect in Pictorial Lives of Saints from the Tenth to the Thirteenth Century (excerpts)
Hahn, C. (2010), "What Do Reliquaries Do for Relics?' Numen 57 3/
Mauck, M. (1987), "The Mosaic of the Triumphal Arch of S. Prassede: A Liturgical Interpretation" Speculum 62/ 4, 813-828
Riches, S. and Salih, S. (2002) " Introduction” in ibid. eds. Gender and Holiness: Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe, 152-173
Smith, K.A. (2008), “Saints in Shining Armor: Martial Asceticism and Masculine Models of Sanctity, ca. 1050-1250” Speculum 83/ 3: 572-602
Thunø, E. (2015), The Apse Mosaic in Early Medieval Rome
Thunø, E. (2018)," Relics and the Cult of Relics in Late Antiquity" in Jensen, R. M. and Ellison, M.D. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art, 150-168