Jewish and Non-Jewish Cultures in Contact: New Research Perspectives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 20-24 July 2014
I. Sabbatini,«In terram quam mostrabo». L’itinérance pieuse dans les religions d’Abraham.
22 July, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Salle des RÉSISTANTS, Main building, 1st floor,
Session 1:9.00-10.30Early Modern History. Travel and Cultural Interchange in Pre-Modern Jewry
Le pèlerinage dans les religions d’Abraham
Jewish pilgrimage: Sukkah, Italy 1374, British Library
Muhi al-Din Lari, Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities), A.H. 1089/ A.D. 1678, India, Deccan, Kharepatan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A mosaic map of 6th century Jerusalem found under the floor of St George’s Church in Madaba, Jordan. The map depicts some famous Old City structures such as the Damascus Gate, St Steven’s Gate, the Golden Gate, the gate leading to Mount Zion, the Citadel (Tower of David), the Church of the Holy Sepulcre, and the Cardo Maximus.
