2012. január 31.

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

14.30

Opening and welcome remarks

Nagy Árpád Miklós

Török László

Christian Selmoni

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

16.00

Coffee break

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

17.30

Challenge day: Problematic magical gems and close viewing of some magical gems in the Museum (Chair: Csepregi I.)




17 February

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Shua Amorai-Stark (Beer-Sheba): Selected unpublished magical stones and rings from Caesarea Maritima, Israel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

10.30

Coffee break

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

12.30

Lunch break

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

15.30

Coffee break

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?


18 February

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

10.30

Coffee break

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

12.30

Endreffy Kata (Budapest): The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database


Closing remarks

Entrance free. Entry from 41 Dózsa György út.


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