Mary M Brooks
Biographic Data
| ID | 3855279 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary M Brooks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary M |
| FAMILY NAME | Brooks |
| SIGNATURE | BROOKS M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fragments of Faith
This paper uses evidence from a previously unresearched ecclesiastical textile associated with Archbishop John Morton ( c 1420−1500) to generate new insights into the material culture of the Roman Catholic faith before, during and after the penal period in England ( c 1558−1829). This composite textile was initially thought to be made up of fragments of a late 1400s cope bearing Morton’s rebus, reconfigured as an altar frontal, which had survived…
Spinning Fates and The Song of the Loom
Performing curiosity
For many in seventeenth-century England, curiosity became an intellectual and physical means of exploring natural and artificial wonders and categorising tangible and intangible things. For well-off Englishwomen, “curious work” had a more specific meaning. It described a specific type of pictorial, decorative embroidery, usually learnt in school and practised in the home, possessing moral agency and functioning as an indicator of status and wealt…
Seeing the sacred conflicting priorities in defining, interpreting, and conserving western sacred artifacts
This article explores issues in defining, interpreting, and preserving sacred artifacts-mainly those from the Christian traditions-within the museum. It examines the potentially conflicting priorities of museum categorization and concepts of the sacred in relation to changing understandings of the sacred and sacred artifacts among museum visitors. Changing approaches to exhibiting sacred artifacts are discussed. The article focuses particularly o…
Exploring Part-Time Teaching Employment in Alberta
Presentation d'une recherche portant sur l'evolution des temps partiels chez les enseignants de l'Alberta. La future recherche detaillee presentera interviews,donnees statistiques et analyses des tendances sociales de cette evolution.
Seeing the sacred conflicting priorities in defining, interpreting, and conserving western sacred artifacts
This article explores issues in defining, interpreting, and preserving sacred artifacts-mainly those from the Christian traditions-within the museum. It examines the potentially conflicting priorities of museum categorization and concepts of the sacred in relation to changing understandings of the sacred and sacred artifacts among museum visitors. Changing approaches to exhibiting sacred artifacts are discussed. The article focuses particularly o…
Fragments of Faith
This paper uses evidence from a previously unresearched ecclesiastical textile associated with Archbishop John Morton ( c 1420−1500) to generate new insights into the material culture of the Roman Catholic faith before, during and after the penal period in England ( c 1558−1829). This composite textile was initially thought to be made up of fragments of a late 1400s cope bearing Morton’s rebus, reconfigured as an altar frontal, which had survived…
Exploring Part-Time Teaching Employment in Alberta
Presentation d'une recherche portant sur l'evolution des temps partiels chez les enseignants de l'Alberta. La future recherche detaillee presentera interviews,donnees statistiques et analyses des tendances sociales de cette evolution.
Seeing the sacred conflicting priorities in defining, interpreting, and conserving western sacred artifacts
This article explores issues in defining, interpreting, and preserving sacred artifacts-mainly those from the Christian traditions-within the museum. It examines the potentially conflicting priorities of museum categorization and concepts of the sacred in relation to changing understandings of the sacred and sacred artifacts among museum visitors. Changing approaches to exhibiting sacred artifacts are discussed. The article focuses particularly o…
Performing curiosity
For many in seventeenth-century England, curiosity became an intellectual and physical means of exploring natural and artificial wonders and categorising tangible and intangible things. For well-off Englishwomen, “curious work” had a more specific meaning. It described a specific type of pictorial, decorative embroidery, usually learnt in school and practised in the home, possessing moral agency and functioning as an indicator of status and wealt…
Spinning Fates and The Song of the Loom
Fragments of Faith
This paper uses evidence from a previously unresearched ecclesiastical textile associated with Archbishop John Morton ( c 1420−1500) to generate new insights into the material culture of the Roman Catholic faith before, during and after the penal period in England ( c 1558−1829). This composite textile was initially thought to be made up of fragments of a late 1400s cope bearing Morton’s rebus, reconfigured as an altar frontal, which had survived…
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