Chapter Four. Signum Auctoritatis: Changing Signs Of Carolingian Authority
Ildar H. Garipzanov
The use of graphic signs in the indirect communication Carolingian authority varied depending on different media and their corresponding audiences: elaborated royal charters were addressed primarily to aristocracy, highly symbolic manuscripts communicated predominantly clergy, coins simplified make them accessible as broad an audience possible. played important role authority. Placed coins, they audiences affected by much name monogram became arcane sign anonymous ruler equated with biblical figures who possessed similar monograms. king?s human body had a particular signature used diplomas elite maintained personal relations him. sacred body, given him through God?s grace, generalizing monogrammatic sign.Keywords: authority; coinage; communication; signs; monogram;
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