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Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture Volume 2 Issue 1 2005 Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture (Volume 2, Issue 1) Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal Part of the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture Commons Recommended Citation . "Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture (Volume 2, Issue 1)." Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture 2, 1 (2005). https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol2/iss1/13 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Art History at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture by an authorized editor of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Editor in Chief Executive Editor Sarah Blick Welcome Rita Tekippe Welcome Welcome to the fifth issue of Peregrinations. We are honored to have James Bugslag serve Current Issue as guest editor for a great series of three articles presenting innovative research on local pilgrimage art in the later Middle Ages. Buglag, with keen insight, explains the issues facing Photo-bank researchers in this area. His introduction is followed by two inspired articles by Yvonne Yiu and Anders Fröjmark which analyze how popular demand influenced official Church artwork Photo-essays and how the Church responded, adopting the widespread demand for local cults within more orthodox and acceptable theological and practical parameters. Photo-share Separate from this special and Comments section, we are honored to present two excellent scholarly studies. About the Paula Mae Carns’ article Society examines the cult of Saint Louis and how it was used to further Submission Capetian interests in the famed Guidelines Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, while Hanneke van Asperen has shown Call for Papers re-identification of several pilgrim badges reveal a long- Publishing overlooked cult of Saint Armel of Opportunities Brittany in England. Conferences Two sections make their inaugural appearance this issue: Discoveries/Short Essays and Miscellanea. The first will feature short essays on preliminary findings or hypotheses and Organizations various scholarly thoughts and topics— one in this issue, by Mark A. Hall, ponders whether fossil scallop shells were re-used in the Middle Ages and another is a report on recent Exhibitions discoveries of silver-gilt and silver pilgrim badges. The second section brings to the fore short quotes from the Middle Ages that may be of interest and amusement as well as those Notices relevant to the study of medieval art. ounding out the scholarly core of this issue, we are delighted to present a discerning look Related Links R at some select saints in modern film by Mark A. Hall, featured website (William Allen’s Image Archive), short notices on new archaeological and architectural discoveries, and calls for papers and conferences. Our photobank continues to grow, with copyright-free images of exceptional quality. In hopes of making the task of obtaining that perfect photo easier, we invite you to check out Photoshare a community bulletin board, where scholars can request specific images from fellow art historians and lovers of medieval art. Continuing in this issue is the on-going series of stunning photos of the Architecture on the Pilgrimage Road to Santiago de Compostela taken by William J. Smither – all downloadable for use in research and teaching. For future issues we are actively seeking articles on any aspect of medieval art and architecture, including: long and short scholarly articles, scholarly book reviews, review articles on issues facing the field of medieval art history, interesting notes and announcements, useful website recommendations, new archeological discoveries, and recent museum acquisitions as well as calls for papers and conference listings. We are interested in publishing articles that will undergo double-blind review as well as those which are subject only to regular editing process, including articles that are the result of preliminary research. We are also looking for images to add to our photobank, to be shared and used by anyone in the classroom and in their research. To round out the scholarly portion of the journal, we are also seeking short, amusing excerpts from medieval sources, comments on the Middle Ages in movies and popular culture, etc. Last, but not least, we are combining the photoshare with a reader comment section where you can respond to the journal – to ideas presented in articles, to the selection of items for inclusion, or to any aspect of Peregrinations which might prompt your response. Again, welcome to Peregrinations. Any suggestions or comments you have concerning the journal would be most welcome. Please feel free to e-mail us at: [email protected] or [email protected]. Our grateful appreciation and thanks for partial funding provided by Kenyon College. Designer and Coordinator: Scott E. Pringle Webmaster: Erin Ellingwood Current Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Vol. 1, Issue 4 Vol. 1, Issue 3 Vol. 1, Issue 2 Vol. 1, Issue 1 “It may look messy now but just you come back in 500 years time" – Terry Pratchett Publication Information Peregrinations, ISSN 1554-8678 (online), is published 3-4 times annually by the International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art. Topics of research include: art and architectural history, medieval history and religion. Currently indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals, Project Muse, etc. There are no subscription costs and no postage involved. For editorial and advertiser information, see http://peregrinations.kenyon.edu/about.html. Vol. 2, Issue 1 ARTICLES SPECIAL SECTION: LOCAL PILGRIMAGE ART, WITH GUEST EDITOR, JAMES BUGSLAG. Local Pilgrimages and Their Shrines in Pre- Modern Europe By James Bugslag, University of Manitoba Discipline or Security? An analysis of the power mechanisms used to regulate the late medieval pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Grâce at Scheut near Brussels By Yvonne Yiu, University of Basel “Per viam asperam et valde longam”: Voyages of Pilgrims to Local Shrines in Late Medieval Sweden By Anders Fröjmark, University of Kalmar, Sweden FEATURES The Cult of Saint Louis and Capetian Interests in the Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux By Paula Mae Carns, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign Saint Armel of Brittany: The identification of four badges from London By Hanneke van Asperen, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Cinema Paradiso: Re-Picturing the Medieval Cult of Saints By Mark A. Hall, Perth Museum & Art Gallery REVIEW Review of Michael Viktor Schwarz’s, Visuelle Medien im christlichen Kult. Fallstudien aus dem 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert, Böhlau (Wien / Köln / Weimar 2002). By Viola Belghaus, TU Dresden / EPHE Paris DISCOVERIES Were Fossil Scallop Shells Exploited During the Middle Ages? By Mark A. Hall, Perth Museum & Art Gallery Popular and Precious: Silver-Gilt & Silver Pilgrim Badges By Sarah Blick, Kenyon College MISCELLANEA Random Notes SHORT NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS → Two English Saints Shrines Discovered → Archaeologists discover Saint Chad's Burial Place and Shrine → Original Tomb of King Edward the Confessor discovered in Westminster Abbey → French silver coin found in the keel of a medieval ship FEATURED WEBSITE Image Archive By William Allen PHOTO-ESSAYS →Architecture on the Pilgrimage Road to Loches I By William J. Smither →Architecture on the Pilgrimage Road to Loches II By William J. Smither →Architecture on the Pilgrimage Road - Eunate By William J. Smither PHOTO-BANK Our on-going and ever-growing collection of copyright-free images. Your contributions and download use are both welcomed and encouraged. PHOTO-SHARE / COMMENTS An image-request source for art historians. Cover/Splash Page: Photgraph by Albrecht Durer; Woodcut of a pilgrim passing a castle, holding a coat-of-arms (showing the sun, moon, stars, and a winged heart with the letter t on it) in one hand and a staff in the other. Photo: Private Collection. Local Pilgrimages and Their Shrines in Pre-Modern Europe By James Bugslag, University of Manitoba When people think of medieval pilgrimage, most usually the road to Santiago de Compostela comes into view in the mind's eye, or the even longer and more dangerous voyage to the Holy Land. It is no wonder that these remarkable journeys and the spiritual motivations that sparked them should have attracted so much attention. They have an epic grandeur and a transformational potential that speak directly to impulses that are still felt by pious and adventuresome souls today. Less well known, however, are the more prosaic and far more numerous pilgrimages that took place regionally or locally in medieval and early-modern Europe. Far more so than for the major pilgrimages, these local pilgrimages were rooted in a past that has all but disappeared from the mechanized, urban world of the 21st century and whose concerns no longer spark the popular imagination. Yet, local pilgrimage is a fascinating historical phenomenon, and the fact that it has been relatively ignored offers exciting potential for further study. This special section of this issue of Peregrinations is devoted to local pilgrimage. The idea for this project sprang from a session dedicated to Local Pilgrimage Shrines at the 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo in May 2005.1 Besides this introductory essay, the other two