Schrift als Teil der Architektur. Rekonstruktion und Analyse des karolingischen Titulus der Sylvesterkapelle in Goldbach im Kontext raumumfassender Monumentalinschriften der Spätantike und des Frühmittelalters
Caroline Schärli
The paper presents a new reconstruction of the monumental Carolingian inscription in St Sylvester's Chapel Goldbach/Uberlingen (Germany). This reconstruction, which is based on archaeological findings, lays foundation for (art-)historical discussion and interpretation titulus' significance as major element chapel's architecture that stands out from late antique early mediaeval objects comparison. Although inscription, part church's wall paintings, highly fragmented, original arrangement text walls can be derived. It shown layout Latin titulus - singular masterpiece poetry composed by Walahfrid Strabo extremely elaborate interweaves strongly with architecture: multilayered, hitherto un-realised way, verses contribute both to composition room whole its disposition. Beyond astonishing interplay between (inscribed) word architecture, comparative survey other contemporary western Byzantine examples room-embracing epigrams reveals their inherent specific qualities well eminent visual meaningful potential. Since those aspects such ambitious inscriptions seem have never been considered before broad context, present interdisciplinary approach understood an impulse field research.