Dubious Actions Coming to Light: The Role of ‘Talking’ Gems as Indicators of Virtuousness

This paper is dedicated to the speaking capabilities of gemstones, their mobility and their function of reminding us of elements hidden or repressed in the text. It will be shown that inscriptions made of gemstones shaped as words do not necessarily depend on the ‚arbitrariness‘ of their recipients....

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Hlavní autor: Florian Nieser
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:deu
Vydáno: University of Salzburg, Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture (IMAREAL) 2020-12-01
Edice:Memo
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On-line přístup:https://memo.imareal.sbg.ac.at/wsarticle/memo/2020-nieser-talking-gems/