ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 ART, ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN LATE MEDIEVAL YORK Friday 21 st July to Tuesday 25 th July DRAFT PROGRAMME FRIDAY 21 st JULY 12.30 1.50pm: Registration opens at the King s Manor, Seminar Room K/159 for collection of badges and conference packs 2.00 2.15pm: Philip Rahtz theatre K/133: Welcome from the BAA President and Introductions Session 1 Chaired by Sandy Heslop 2.15 2.55pm Patrick Ottaway Roman York: An Introduction to its Archaeology and History 2.55 3.35pm Ailsa Mainman Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian York: An Introduction 3.35 3.45 pm Questions 3.45 4.15 pm Tea/Coffee in Seminar Room K/159 4.15 4.55 pm Sarah Rees Jones Norman York and the reuse of the Roman past 1
4.55 5.25 pm Alex Holton The medieval archaeology of the East Front of York Minster 5.25 5.35 pm Questions 6.30 9.00 pm YAT Reception & Buffet Supper at St Anthony s Hall, Peasholme Green, York Y01 7PW (President s welcome etc. 7.00 pm; short introduction to the Hall by Kate Giles) SATURDAY 22 nd JULY Session 2 9.15 10.35 am Christopher Norton & Stuart Harrison The Cult and Tomb Shrine of St William of York 10.50 11.20 am Tea & Coffee in Seminar Room K/159 11.20 11.50 am Philippa Turner The Marian Topography of York Minster 11.50 12.20 pm Jeremy Ashbee Clifford s Tower and the Castle of York, 1245-1400 12.40 1.45 pm Sandwich Lunch in Seminar Room K/159 Session 3 1.55 pm Assemble outside the Minster West Front for: 2.00 4.30 pm Visit to York Minster (I) Behind the scenes visits (as sign-up sheets) In addition, the following will be available throughout the visit for informal discussion and questions (on their papers where applicable): a) Philippa Turner in the crossing (Marian topography) b) Kate Giles Chapter House vestibule (t.b.c.) c) Alex Holton at the east end (east front archaeology) 5.15 5.50 pm Evensong (optional: those not attending Evensong will have to leave the Minster shortly after 4.30) 2
6.30 9.00 pm York Minster Chapter House Reception and Cold buffet (Those not attending Evensong should re-enter the Minster by the South Transept door) SUNDAY 23 rd JULY Session 4 9.15 am Assemble in St Mary s Abbey ruins 9.15 10.00 am Visit to St Mary s Abbey Ruins with guided talk by Stuart Harrison 10.00 10.30 am Introduction to the City Walls and St Leonard s Hospital by John Oxley 10.30 11.30 am Self-guided walk of City Walls to Micklegate Bar and visit to Micklegate Bar Museum if so inclined. Alternatively, some delegates may wish to visit the Viking: rediscover the legend exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum. N.B. The entrance charge to the museum is NOT included in the conference fee 11.45 12.45 pm Visit to All Saints North Street with talk by Tim Ayers. 12.45 1.00 pm Walk to St Martin-cum-Gregory (Stained Glass Centre) 1.00 2.00 pm Packed Lunches at St Martin-cum-Gregory Session 5 2.00 pm Depart St Martin-cum-Gregory to walk to: 2.10 2.40 pm Holy Trinity Micklegate On site talk by David Stocker 2.40 2.45 pm Self-guided walk of City Walls from Micklegate Bar to Baile Hill 3.45 4.10 pm On Site talk by Peter Addyman on Baile Hill 4.10 4.20 pm Depart Baile Hill to walk to Clifford s Tower 4.20 c. 6.00 pm On site talk by Jeremy Ashbee on the Castle followed by visit to Clifford s Tower c. 6.00 pm onwards Free Evening MONDAY 24 th JULY Session 6 9.15 9.55 am Alex Buchanan & Christopher Patterson Accounts of accounts: the discovery, interpretation and re-interpretation of the York Minster fabric rolls 3
9.55 10.35 am Sarah Brown Looking for John Thornton: The Great East Window of York Minster Revisited 10.50 11.20 am Tea & Coffee in Seminar Room K/159 11.20 11.50 am Hilary Moxon Patronage: the thirteenth-century Chapter House at York Minster 11.50 12.20 pm Julian Munby The Thirteenth-Century Roof of the York Chapter House 12.40 1.45 pm Sandwich lunch in Seminar Room K/159 Session 7 1.55 pm Assemble outside the Minster West Front for: 2.00 3.30 pm Visit to York Minster (II) Behind the scenes visits (as sign-up sheets) In addition, the following will be available throughout the visit for informal discussion and questions (on their papers where applicable): a) Sarah Brown at the east end (great east window) b) Hilary Moxon - Chapter House and north transept c) Christopher Norton - at east end of nave (site of St William tombshrine) 3.30 5.00 pm Guided City Walks led by, Gareth Dean, Jane Grenville, Jayne Rimmer, John Oxley, Sarah Rees Jones All delegates will assemble in front of the South Transept and each guide will lead their party to the start of the walk 6.30 9.00 pm Reception and Conference Dinner, Merchant Adventurers Hall, Fossgate, York YO1 9XD including short introduction to the Hall by Kate Giles TUESDAY 25 th JULY Session 8 9.15 9.55 am Richard Beadle Texts, tiles and textiles etc.: aspects of the material world of the York Plays 4
9.55 10.35 am Lisa Reilly & Mary Shepard The Early Sixteenth-Century Stained-Glass Program of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, York: Intersections between Lay Piety and Imaging the Community of Saints 10.50 11.20 am Coffee & Tea in Seminar Room K/159 11.20 11.50 am Jayne Rimmer The dating and development of late medieval timber-framed buildings in York 11.50 12.20 pm David Harrison Roads, bridges and York merchants 12.35 12.50 pm Closing remarks 5