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Dear All,
I think that while this may be a somewhat specialised question, it's
part of a bigger one that there's some interest in - objects which bear
marks and writing.
I'm personally interested in buildings, so the first things that come to
mind are entries in Oliver's Encyclopaedia of Vernacular Architecture
and Matthew Johnson's _Behind the Castle Gate_. I have just started
Julia Flemming's _Graffiti_, which is more general (I'm afraid I was
side-tracked into the chapter on tattooing, so am not sure!)
If she's interested in examples, then the various catalogues associated
with the Museum of London would be one place to start looking for
'ordinary' examples of marked weapons (e.g. the London Museum Medieval
Catalogue of 1940, the publications of MoLAS).
People like me (who would rather think about theory than do the ironing)
will point to discussions around identity, the rise of the individual
and the whole relationship between archaeology and text. If that's of
interest to your friend, A. Andrén's _Between Artifacts and Texts:
Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective_ is one place to start.
With best wishes,
Pat
(Research student, University of York, who has many characteristics
'typical of nascent literacy')
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I'm writing on behalf of a medievalist friend. Does anyone know of
documentation of medieval folks marking their hunting weapons so they
could tell their own from those of others? It may be best to reply o=
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the list, as I doubt there is much widespread interest in this topic.
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Thanks~
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