DU ROYAUME GOTH AU MIDI MÉROVINGIEN, Actes des 34e Journées d’Archéologie Mérovingienne de Toulouse, 6, 7, et 8 Novembre 2013, 2019
Numerous archaeological indicators of the Chernyakhov culture and of the later "federate culture"... more Numerous archaeological indicators of the Chernyakhov culture and of the later "federate culture" underwent became significantly widespread in different territories of Western and Central Europe between the late 4th and the first half of the 5th century. The explanations of the phenomenon may differ from one case to another: population displacements, political and military events, state presents... Nonetheless it appears to be significant enough to deserve a study from a general perspective. Our paper takes as starting point the materialization of the phenomenon in two distant territories: the area of the Vinaříce group in Bohemia and the Garonne valley and the Narbonensis in Southern France. Further centres of reception of "eastern" influences such as Southern Moravia, the Middle Danube provinces, North-Eastern Italy or the South-Western corner of the Iberian Peninsula are also considered. The arrival of the "eastern" features and their local development is examined from a diachronic perspective, addressing continuity issues on the basis of the comparison with later contexts, such as the cemeteries of the central Castilian plateau in Spain and the Vandal-period grave goods in Northern Africa. Such an approach outlines a consistent background in which the late 5th and early 6th century evidence of direct contacts between Bohemia and the Visigothic area can be placed.
Uploads
Books by Joan Pinar Gil
Papers by Joan Pinar Gil
The bulk of remains of early medieval churches surviving to the present day consists little more than parts of their former architectural plan and their floors. Even in the best preserved buildings the interior furniture and décor underwent dramatic changes throughout the time. The early medieval liturgical stone furnishings (altar screens, ciboria, ambos etc.) are almost always found in fragments, reused as building material in the high and late medieval ages, and they seem destined to stay (also in scientific publications) detached from the metal, glass or textile objects to which they were once closely related. Nevertheless, these architectural elements must be imagined in their original context, enriched by precious curtains, lamps, candelabras, colourful icons, whereas liturgical implements such as chalices, patens, thuribles, jugs and paterae were displayed during the celebration of the mass.
This paper is an endeavor to reconstruct the main features, locations and uses of such elements. In order to do so, we have adopted a multidisciplinary approach integrating data from archaeological, iconographic and written sources (the Stuttgart-Psalter being our main figural source, owing to its reliability and exceptional attention to details). This method has enabled us to identify which liturgical implements could have been used in an early medieval church. They are characterised by very different chronologies and production centers. Among them, some were nearly contemporary with the written and iconographic sources (end of the 8th - beginning of the 9th centuries), others were real antiquarian pieces, produced up to 300 or 400 years earlier. This fact reflects a pattern of accumulation which finds an echo both in well-known church treasures and in the furniture of present-day churches, in which some of the liturgical objects still used can be products of the Renaissance or Baroque period.
Owing to the particular complexity of the issue and the considerable scientific debate, special attention has been devoted to the so-called »Coptic« bronze vessels, used both in »sacred« and »profane« backgrounds. The analysis of securely dated contexts and a more careful typological classification convey new perspectives on the links between such objects and the early medieval liturgical spaces.
In the addendum (»Appendice«) we collected all the miniatures of the Stuttgart-Psalter which display elements of church impements (chalices, patens, thuribles, jugs and paterae, lamps, processional crosses, curtains etc.), in an attempt to render more easily accessible the comprehensive documentation of the Psalter.
The Scientific Committee is now inviting submission of abstracts for posters!
Posters are invited on current issues and research in the funerary archaeology of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, including excavation of cemeteries and single tombs, monumental and topographical features of cemeteries, artefacts, epigraphy, funerary iconography, analysis of human remains. Two poster sessions will be held during the conference (June 28 and 29, afternoon) where the authors will be present to discuss and answer questions regarding their research presented on their posters. Extended versions of the selected posters will be included in the publication of the conference proceedings, scheduled for late 2018.
All abstracts and posters can be submitted in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish.
The authors of the chosen proposals will be responsible for printing and bringing the poster to the conference. Unfortunately, the budget restrictions do not allow the conference's organization to cover the authors' travel and meal expenses. Nevertheless, we will be happy to pick them up at the Novara train station or at Milano-Malpensa international airport and to help them find suitable accommodation in Pella or in the neighbouring villages. Authors travelling by car will find free parking at the conference's headquarters.
Participation is free. Those interested should complete and send the attached form and to [email protected] by February 15th, 2017. The authors of the chosen proposals will be contacted per email before the end of April.
We are looking forward to meet you and to hear about your research in Pella!
Paolo de Vingo
Yuri A. Marano
Joan Pinar Gil