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March 22, 2009
Headlines half seen - and maybe only a quarter read
Seals to shed light on life of Whales in Middle Ages??
No, it was Seals to shed light on life in Wales in Middle Ages
HISTORIANS will be reviewing more than 5,000 medieval seals relating to Wales, held at the National Library of Wales, as part of a new research project.The team from Bangor and Aberystwyth Universities will look at the seals - used to authenticate and close documents - to find out what they actually tell us about the people who commissioned them, interpreting how they saw themselves and wanted others to see them and what they can tell us about the society that produced them.
Uniquely, one strand of the project will also be concentrating on images of medieval women.
The project is funded by an Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) research grant of £490,000. Bangor and Aberystwyth Universities are collaborating their expertise for the work. The research project also includes digitising the collection, making it more accessible to the general public and creating a travelling exhibition based on the collection.
And here I was wondering about the transitive quality of sea-mammals in the Middle Ages and the value of comparing pinnipeds to cetaceans.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 22, 2009 4:48 PM