Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “Carolingian Past, Crusading Present, Apocalyptic Future: Reintegrating the Treasury of Saint-Sernin of Toulouse within its Liturgical Space”
Catherine Fernandez, Art & Archaeology
Wed, 3/5 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell
Program in Medieval Studies
The Program in Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium series for Spring 2025. Catherine Fernandez, Art History Specialist at the Index of Medieval Art, will give this lunch time talk.
Please RSVP HERE. Lunch will be provided.
This talk provides an overview of a book-in-progress that considers the function and reception of several extraordinary treasury objects associated with Charlemagne, which were housed in the pilgrimage shrine of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse: the first-century Roman cameo known as the Gemma Augustea, the eighth-century Godescalc Evangelistary, and an eleventh-century ivory oliphant. By taking into account the treasury’s distinctly Toulousan context, this paper contends that such objects were deployed liturgically to promote a particular facet of Saint-Sernin’s institutional memory, which celebrated the emperor as imperial donor and elevated him to the role of holy proto-crusader.
Book exhibit in the history reading room
Alain St. Pierre and the Princeton University Library invite the Medieval Studies community to the History reading room in Firestone Library (Floor A: turn left out of the main staircase) on colloquium days to view recently acquired titles in all subject areas of Medieval Studies. The books will be on display from the afternoon of Tuesday (March 4) through Thursday (March 6). Come browse!
The next faculty colloquia for spring will be on Wednesday, April 16 at 12:00 pm with Sarah Anderson (English).
