Aldhouse-Green, Miranda Jane 2012. Singing stones: contextualising body language in Romano-British iconography. Britannia 43 , pp. 115-134. 10.1017/S0068113X12000190 |
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Abstract
Two stone sculptures from Caerwent — a disembodied human head and a seated female figure — are the focus of this article. Using icon-theory, it is proposed that the Caerwent sculptures (albeit recovered from different chronological horizons) were perhaps produced at the same time, maybe even by a single stonemason. Issues of materiality, including choice of stone and style, are seen as key to their understanding, in terms of Silurian identity and religion. Moreover, the emphasis on mouths and ears invites interpretation of these images as those of speaking and listening Oracles, conduits between earthly and spiritual worlds.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | History, Archaeology and Religion |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | iconography, Roman, inscriptions, religion |
Additional Information: | Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0068-113X/ (accessed 21/02/2014). |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press and Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies |
ISSN: | 0068-113X |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
Last Modified: | 02 May 2023 16:59 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28552 |
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