Recording and Analysis of Ship Graffiti in St Thomas’ Church and Blackfriars Barn Undercroft in Winchelsea, East Sussex, UK

Dhoop, Thomas; Cooper, Catriona; Copeland, Penny

doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12179

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“…While clothing may be useful to try and date a drawing, Gilchrist observes that in art sometimes older styles of clothing will appear in drawings rather than contemporary ones, which makes clothing less precise as a dating method, and this issue is repeated with regards to ship graffiti. However, if the inscription is written, writing styles may help discern when an inscription was made if a date is not provided (Champion 2015; Dhoop et al 2016;Gilchrist 2018;Jones-Baker 1993). Previously, Pritchard thought that most graffiti seemed to date from the twelfth century to the sixteenth; however, more recent work has shown that most graffiti, at least in the Risbridge Hundred of East Anglia, is from the early modern period based on the letter forms that are present (Alexander n.d.;Hollis 2024;Pritchard 1967).…”

Section: Recording Methods Of This Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More recently, Matthew Champion's 2015 book Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England's Churches focuses on graffiti throughout England and their various interpretations. Many articles have also been written about graffiti in churches, though these often focus on one aspect or type of graffiti, such as ships or designs considered to have an apotropaic function (Brady and Corlett 2004;Dhoop et al 2016;Heslop et al 2013;Jones-Baker 1993;Plesch 2002). This paper will attempt to start to address a gap as it focuses on two inscriptions that mimic the style of formal artworks and place them within the historical context of the geographic region in where they are found.…”

Section: English Parish Churches and Graffitimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Connecting Historic Graffiti to Past Parishes and Beliefs

Hollis

2024

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Historic graffiti offer new and interesting insights into late medieval and early modern English society. This paper will show the value of studying these inscriptions by discussing two churches constructed in the late medieval period in Suffolk, England, with drawings of two figures that potentially represent the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. These drawings are similar and yet quite different in their quality and execution, and they possibly relate to lost medieval imagery within the building. These images may also have been created in response to various iconoclastic movements that occurred as part of the Reformation as well as after it. This paper seeks to encourage further study on the relationship between historic graffiti and local history by observing the connection between the late medieval parish churches of Lidgate and Stradishall and their respective figural drawings by suggesting that graffiti serve a larger purpose than idle drawing or doodling and instead are valuable pieces of evidence about parish life and values.

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Section: Recording Methods Of This Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: English Parish Churches and Graffitimentioning

confidence: 99%

Connecting Historic Graffiti to Past Parishes and Beliefs

Hollis

2024

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“…In (Dhoop et al, 2016), ship graffiti were recorded using RTI in the medieval church of St. Thomas in Winchelsea (UK). Eleven possible objects were identified and recorded, including a variety of ship types.…”

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Hidden Graffiti Identification on Marble Surfaces Through Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Techniques

Abate

Trentin

2019

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Nowadays, considering the various methodological approaches used by the scientific community to study graffiti, there is a need for the improvement of the documentation and analysis workflow that must be addressed. Historic graffiti are recognized by scholars of different disciplines as a relevant and genuine written source, able to provide an insight into the everyday life of the past. Many studies have indeed flourished during the last decades stating the relevance of graffiti as a multidisciplinary source of information and showing, at the same time, the fragmented research scenario due to the lack of reliable and standardized methodologies. Currently, the scientific community involved in the study of graffiti has largely benefited from the use of digital technologies. However, most of the efforts and research projects were focused on the analysis of graffiti immediately visible on the surface or graffiti the position of which was easily identifiable due to the depth and width of the engraving. The proposed study is intended to tackle the documentation pipeline a step earlier than the documentation itself when the graffiti are yet to be identified. The San Marco Basilica in Venice is used as a unique case study for the analysis of non-directly visible-to-human-eye graffiti in a rather challenging environment.</p>

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“…The differences between the two drawings ( Fig. 2b, c) led the team to the decision to revisit the monument and document the graffiti with the application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging photography (RTI) (Malzbender et al, 2001; for a similar application with graffiti see Dhoop et al, 2016) ( Fig. 2a).…”

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Seamen on Land? A Preliminary Analysis of Medieval Ship Graffiti on Cyprus

Demesticha

Delouca

Trentin

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International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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This article reports on the results of a research project entitled 'KARAVOI. The Ship Graffiti on the Medieval Monuments of Cyprus: Mapping, Documentation and Digitisation', during which 233 ship graffiti were recorded in 44 different monuments on the island, dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Innovative recording techniques have been used to mitigate the effects of the subjective or partial recording of graffiti lines on tracing paper. Apart from the study of ship graffiti as iconographic sources, particular emphasis has been given to their geographical and social context through a comprehensive analysis of the graffiti types and their spatial distribution in the monuments as well as the monuments location on the island.

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Recording and Analysis of Ship Graffiti in St Thomas’ Church and Blackfriars Barn Undercroft in Winchelsea, East Sussex, UK

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Connecting Historic Graffiti to Past Parishes and Beliefs

Connecting Historic Graffiti to Past Parishes and Beliefs

Hidden Graffiti Identification on Marble Surfaces Through Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Techniques

Seamen on Land? A Preliminary Analysis of Medieval Ship Graffiti on Cyprus

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