Sara Junkins ’23
A Rouen Book of Hours: Dynamic Religious Accoutrement, Cherished Accessory, and Looking Glass?
Sara Junkins ’23, Art History and Creative Writing major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Welch, Art and Art History
Sara Junkins submitted an excellent art history thesis in which she mirrors the original owner and patron’s relationship to a 1510 book of hours made in Rouen, France, grappling like the patron with issues of faith, status, gender, and style. An external reviewer highlighted her sophisticated usage of Mircea Eliade’s theory of sacrality, saying that she “convincingly position[s] the book within the dichotomy of the sacred and profane.” Her investigation of the dynamic hybridities and dichotomies in the book—the sacred and the profane chief among them—is a mature and convincing analysis.
Oral Presentation: Thursday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m.
