{"title":"Relics, writing, and devotion in early medieval Chelles","authors":"Ana de Oliveira Dias","doi":"10.1111/emed.70050","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The discovery in 1983 of a collection of relics with their medieval identificatory tags in the parish church of Chelles opened new avenues for research on devotional and writing practices in this Frankish royal foundation. This is the first systematic study of the corpus of relic labels that accompanied these sacred objects, particularly of the subset of tags generally regarded as produced by Chelles scribes in the second half of the eighth century. By analysing the tags’ methods of production and handwriting, in comparison with contemporary Chelles book production, this article explores attitudes to writing in this centre and assesses how it was harnessed for both practical and devotional purposes. Its importance within the framework of early medieval relic cults is also explored.</p>","PeriodicalId":44508,"journal":{"name":"Early Medieval Europe","volume":"34 4","pages":"623-661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emed.70050","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Early Medieval Europe","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emed.70050","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/8/9 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"0","JCRName":"MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The discovery in 1983 of a collection of relics with their medieval identificatory tags in the parish church of Chelles opened new avenues for research on devotional and writing practices in this Frankish royal foundation. This is the first systematic study of the corpus of relic labels that accompanied these sacred objects, particularly of the subset of tags generally regarded as produced by Chelles scribes in the second half of the eighth century. By analysing the tags’ methods of production and handwriting, in comparison with contemporary Chelles book production, this article explores attitudes to writing in this centre and assesses how it was harnessed for both practical and devotional purposes. Its importance within the framework of early medieval relic cults is also explored.
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Early Medieval Europe provides an indispensable source of information and debate on the history of Europe from the later Roman Empire to the eleventh century. The journal is a thoroughly interdisciplinary forum, encouraging the discussion of archaeology, numismatics, palaeography, diplomatic, literature, onomastics, art history, linguistics and epigraphy, as well as more traditional historical approaches. It covers Europe in its entirety, including material on Iceland, Ireland, the British Isles, Scandinavia and Continental Europe (both west and east).
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