Nemzetközi konferencia a varázsgemmákról - Szépművészeti Múzeum
Magical Gems in their Contexts
International Workshop
Budapest, 16–18 February 2012
Museum of Fine Arts, Baroque Hall
16 February
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14.30 | Opening and welcome remarks
| Nagy Árpád Miklós Török László Christian Selmoni
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15.00 | Setting up contexts for magical gems (chair: Török L.) | |
| Erika Zwierlein-Diehl (Bonn): Dating magical gems | |
| Richard Gordon (Erfurt): The Origins of the ‘Magical Amulets’: Some Speculations
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16.00 | Coffee break
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16.30 | Setting up contexts for magical gems (chair: J. Quack) | |
| Véronique Dasen (Fribourg): Jeux d’images, jeux de mots sur les gemmes magiques | |
| Attilio Mastrocinque (Verona): L'iconografia di Ialdabaoth
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17.30 | Challenge day: Problematic magical gems and close viewing of some magical gems in the Museum (Chair: Csepregi I.)
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17 February
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09.00 | Magical gems in archaeological context (Chair: E. Zwierlein-Diehl) | |
| Simone Michel-von Dungern (Marktbreit): “Abracadabra Abraxas. Magie und Zauberei in der Heilkunde der römischen Zeit” - An exhibition with magical gems in the Malerwinkelhaus Museum, Marktbreit | |
| Shua Amorai-Stark (Beer-Sheba): Selected unpublished magical stones and rings from Caesarea Maritima, Israel | |
| Despina Ignatiadou (Thessaloniki): Two magical gems from the Roman cemetery in Thessaloniki
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10.30 | Coffee break
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11.00 | The Jewish and Christian context (Chair: Sh. Amorai-Stark) | |
| Gideon Bohak (Tel-Aviv): The Use of Engraved Gems in Ancient Jewish Magic | |
| Jeffrey Spier (Arizona): Solomon and Asmodeus on Graeco-Roman magical amulets and rings Nagy Árpád Miklós (Budapest): Gemmes magiques judaïsantes
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12.30 | Lunch break
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14.00 | Magical gems and Egypt (Chair: Ch. Faraone) | |
| Joachim Quack (Heidelberg): From Egyptian traditions to magical gems. Possibilities and pitfalls in scholarly analysis | |
| Maria Nilsson and John Ward (Gothenburg): Mason or priest? A comparison between Graeco-Roman signs on magical amulets and symbols in Egyptian quarries | |
| Kirsten Dzwiza (Heidelberg): The writing of charakteres on magical gems – decoration patterns, contexts and techniques
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15.30 | Coffee break
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16.00 | Magical gems and healing (Chair: V. Dasen) | |
| Christopher Faraone (Chicago): Magical gems as miniature statues | |
| Valérie Martini (Fribourg): Gemmes magiques et pouvoirs thérapeutiques: les compétences guérisseuses d’Isis et Sérapis | |
| Eleni Tsatsou (Thessaloniki): Uterine amulets: amulets that protect the uterus or that reinforce erotic desire?
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18 February
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9.00 | Magical gems and literature (Chair: A. Mastrocinque) | |
| Németh György (Budapest): The discovery of a god: Heliorus | |
| Sonia Macrì (Enna): Lo statuto immateriale delle gemme nella letteratura greco-romana | |
| Paolo Vitellozzi (Perugia): La spada di Dardano: nuove riflessioni su una gemma magica di Perugia
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10.30 | Coffee break
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11.00 | Magical gems in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Chair: J. Spier) | |
| Felicity Harley-McGowan (Melbourne): Jesus the magician? Engraved gems and the representation of crucifixion in Late Antiquity | |
| Genevra Kornbluth (Maryland): Pilulae and bound pendants: Roman and Merovingian amulets | |
| Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth (Pennsylvania): “For glysteryng of the ryche ston”: Near East magical gems and the sexual body in the Middle English romance Emaré
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12.30 | Endreffy Kata (Budapest): The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database | |
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Closing remarks |
Entrance free. Entry from 41 Dózsa György út.
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