Medieval History
Patronage and the Sacred Book in the Medieval Mediterranean
Organized by Esperanza Alfonso (CSIC) and Jonathan Decter (Brandeis
University)
Brandeis University, October 18-19, 2010
Sacred books (including Jewish Bibles, Christian Bibles, Qur´ans, prayer
books,psalters, haggadot, translations of and commentaries on Scripture, etc.)
were at the center of book production for Jews, Christians and
Muslims throughout
the Middle Ages. This conference will investigate issues in the
patronage, production, circulation and consumption of sacred books in
the Western Mediterranean during the High and Late Middle Ages (roughly
10th-15th Century). In what ways did the demands of patronage nurture,
determine, or constrain areas of intellectual and artistic engagement?
How did patronage in the royal court differ from patronage in other
contexts (the Church, religious orders, the madrasa, the university, the
circles of learned elites, non-institutional settings)? What role did
women play in the patronage, production or circulation of books? The
interest of this conference is twofold: the patronage of sacred texts in
comparative contexts and the role of inter-religious elements in the
production of sacred texts. Topics for papers might include the adoption
of book-making techniques across religious boundaries,
Jewish/Christian/Muslim collaborative translations or art/text
productions, interest in reading, producing, or interpreting the sacred
texts of other religious traditions, or other related questions.
Please send an abstract to Jonathan Decter ([email protected]) and
Esperanza Alfonso ([email protected]) by February 15, 2010.
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Medieval History
Patronage and the Sacred Book in the Medieval Mediterranean
Patronage and the Sacred Book in the Medieval Mediterranean
Organized by Esperanza Alfonso (CSIC) and Jonathan Decter (Brandeis
University)
Brandeis University, October 18-19, 2010
Sacred books (including Jewish Bibles, Christian Bibles, Qur´ans, prayer
books,psalters, haggadot, translations of and commentaries on Scripture, etc.)
were at the center of book production for Jews, Christians and
Muslims throughout
the Middle Ages. This conference will investigate issues in the
patronage, production, circulation and consumption of sacred books in
the Western Mediterranean during the High and Late Middle Ages (roughly
10th-15th Century). In what ways did the demands of patronage nurture,
determine, or constrain areas of intellectual and artistic engagement?
How did patronage in the royal court differ from patronage in other
contexts (the Church, religious orders, the madrasa, the university, the
circles of learned elites, non-institutional settings)? What role did
women play in the patronage, production or circulation of books? The
interest of this conference is twofold: the patronage of sacred texts in
comparative contexts and the role of inter-religious elements in the
production of sacred texts. Topics for papers might include the adoption
of book-making techniques across religious boundaries,
Jewish/Christian/Muslim collaborative translations or art/text
productions, interest in reading, producing, or interpreting the sacred
texts of other religious traditions, or other related questions.
Please send an abstract to Jonathan Decter ([email protected]) and
Esperanza Alfonso ([email protected]) by February 15, 2010.
- Clothing Sacred Scripture Zurich 9-11 Oct 14
Deadline: Feb 25, 2014International Conference. Zurich, October 9-11 2014Organizers:Prof. Dr. David Ganz (University of Zurich)Prof. Dr. Barbara Schellewald (University of Basel)In a traditional perspective, book religions are seen as agents oflogocentrism,...
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Symposium on Sortilege in Late Antiquity November 12-13, 2011 at Princeton University Sortilege, the practice of making decisions or foretelling the future by casting lots, was both widely practiced and at the same time highly contested in the Mediterranean...
- 11th Annual North Carolina Colloquium In Medieval And Early Modern Studies
The 11th annual North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies invites graduate students to submit proposals that engage broadly with the notion of community. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions ranging in historical focus from late...
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*TEXTS OF MEDIEVAL FRANCE IN MANUSCRIPT CONTEXT* The International Medieval Society-Paris invites proposals for an interdisciplinary session that will illustrate the importance of studying medieval texts in their manuscript context. As codicological studies...
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