International Symposium: The Medieval Treasury in Iberia and Beyond: Collections, Connections, and Representations.

Treasuries offer an opportunity for reading evidence over time, weighing the sometimes contradictory conclusions from textual or visual sources against technical analysis. This project delves into the medieval objects once gathered in ecclesiastical treasuries in order to highlight transcultural networks, shining a light on issues of broad relevance for scholarship and society today. The current phase of research branches out to multiple collections, carrying out comparative research on medieval objects, textiles, and their representations in Iberia and beyond.

Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIaEXtErDVg8FXSkPtAs5U9keMym_4GCqARWXgqgurfapZJw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Research project: El tesoro medieval hispano en su contexto: colecciones, conexiones y representaciones en la península y más allá, IP Therese Martin, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación/AEI /10.13039/501100011033/ FEDER “Una manera de hacer Europa", 2019-2022.

Link to 2020 open access volume: https://brill.com/view/title/57009

Program
Monday 28 November 2022
(moderators: Therese Martin and Alicia López Carral, CSIC, Madrid)
15.30 Introduction, Therese Martin, CSIC, Madrid
16.00 María Judith Feliciano, independent scholar, New York
Reconsidering the Medieval Treasury: Absence and Transformation in Iberian Cathedrals.
16.30 Ana Cabrera Lafuente, Turespaña/Tourspain, Madrid
Unknown Pieces from Well Known Treasuries: Textiles at the Cathedrals of Ourense, Palencia, and Toledo.
17.00 discussion
17.15 break
17.30 Ignacio Montero, CSIC, Madrid and Xosé Lois Armada, CSIC, Santiago de Compostela
XRF Analysis of Treasured Objects.
18.00 Mariam Rosser-Owen, Victoria and Albert Museum and Therese Martin
Looking Anew at Nielloed Silverworks in 10th- to 12th-Century Iberia.
18.30 discussion

Tuesday 29 November 2022
(moderators: Verónica Abenza, CSIC and Teresa Martínez Martínez, University of Warwick)
15.30 Laura Rodríguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
El Pendón de San Isidoro en contexto: el valor de los estandartes como reliquias en los tesoros medievales.
16.00 Jordi Camps, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
De la mesa del altar a la imagen mural: los cálices en la Plena Edad Media.
16.30 Eduardo Manzano, CSIC, Madrid
The Qur´an Captured at the Battle of Alhandega (939).
17.00 discussion
17.15 break
17.30 Alicia López Carral, CSIC, Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid
El otro tesoro de la Catedral de Toledo: los libros litúrgicos a través de los inventarios.
18.00 Shannon Wearing, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Louis's Bible and Alfonso's Cantigas: Royal Manuscripts in Dialogue.
18.30 discussion

Wednesday 30 November 2022
(moderators: Therese Martin and Hannah Thomson, UCLA)
15.30 Silvia Armando, Ministero della Cultura, Italia
Treasuries of the Norman South: Gift-Giving in Apulia between Episcopal and Secular Powers.
16.00 Jitske Jasperse, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Caskets and Croziers: Limoges in Toledo.
16.30 Julie Harris, independent scholar, Chicago
A Leap of Faith: Isaac Caro’s “Tefillin Case” and the Quest for Sephardic Material Culture.
17.00 discussion
17.15 break
17.30 Verónica Abenza Soria, CSIC, Madrid
Towards a Corpus of Byzantine Objects in Spain: A Tale of Travel and Reuse.
18.00 Pierre Alain Mariaux, Université de Neuchâtel, and Romain Jeanneret, Abbaye de St-Maurice
Singular Object, Multiple Views, Complex Response: The Great Shrine of St. Maurice as Paradigm.
18.30 discussion/conclusions