Carolingian Verse Inscriptions and Images: From Aesthetics to Efficiency
Vincent Debiais
Epigraphic inscriptions are very common in early medieval art and have been studied a an abundant bibliographic production since the last quarter of twentieth century research on text/image interactions artistic culture. Insofar as verse were used everywhere Carolingian epigraphic documentation, insofar they coexisted with many texts prose, why did images always use metrics? What kind links connected iconic construction poetic composition? To propose answers to these questions, this paper explores some different approaches tituli works art. By limiting its scope metrical texts, it highlights salient features rich documentation without separating form meaning text from material. The symbiosis three primordial elements actually allowed creation “Carolingian aesthetics” gave efficiency between images.
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