Moving Objects – Das Josaphatkloster bei Jerusalem in der transmediterranen Welt der Kreuzfahrerzeit.

Die internationale und interdisziplinäre Tagung geht der Geschichte, Archäologie und Kunst des Klosters S. Maria im Tal Josaphat, seiner Urkunden und seiner Siegel zwischen der Levante, Sizilien und Bayern im Zeitraum vom 12. zum 19. Jahrhundert nach, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf der Kreuzfahrerzeit.

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Moving Objects – The Josaphat Monastery near Jerusalem and the Transmediterranean World of the Crusader Age.

This international and interdisciplinary conference explores the history, archaeology and art of the monastery of St. Mary in the Valley of Josaphat, its documents and seals between the Levant, Sicily and Bavaria in the period from the 12th to the 19th century, with a focus on the Crusader Age.
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Program

5 May 2025

13.00-13.30
MARTIN HIRSCH/TOBIAS DANIELS (Munich)
Introduction

1. The Levante and Monastic Culture in the Josaphat Valley

13.30-14.10
SERENA FALLETTA (Palermo)
From East to West, from Past to Future. Il tabulario di Santa Maria di Valle Giosafat nell'Archivio di Stato di Palermo

14.10-14.50
ADRIAN BOAS (Haifa)
Archaeology and Archaeological Exploration of Josaphat Monastery and Valley

14.50-15.30
Coffee Break / Guided Collection Tour

2. S. Maria in Valle Josaphat

15.30-16.10
WOLF ZÖLLER (Saarbrücken)
The Abbey of S. Maria in Valle Josaphat and Benedictine Monasticism in the Latin East

16.10-16.50
ERIC BÖHME (Konstanz/Dresden)
The Monastery as a Place of Reference and Burial of the Queens of Jerusalem

16.50-17.30
ANTONIO MURSIA (Rome)
A Monastic Lordship in Norman-Swabian Sicily: Santa Maria in Valle di Iosaphat

17.30-18.00
Break

18.00-19.00
Keynote: NIKOLAS JASPERT (Heidelberg)
Jerusalemite Monasticism and the Transmediterranean World

19.00
Reception, Dinner for Participants

6 May 2025

3. Charters and Seals

8.30-9.10
FLORIAN ARTAUD (Montpellier)
Charting the Past: The Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Josaphat and its Estate in the Latin East (12th century)

9.10-9.50
ROBERT KOOL (Jerusalem)
The Archaeology of Crusader Period Seals: Surveying Finds and What is Next

9.50-10.10
Coffee Break

10.10-10.50
JAKOB MANDEL (Würzburg)
The Hospitallers’ Seal in Josaphat's Archive and the Military Order’s Tradition of Caring for the Sick

10.50-11.30
LEAH LÖSLEIN (Bamberg)
Spouse and Wife Seals in the Holy Land

11.30-12.10
SIMONA FAZIO (Palermo)
Pergamene e sigilli di Santa Maria di Valle Giosafat: ipotesi di comparazione attraverso le fonti archivistiche e bibliografiche

12.10-13.30
Lunch Break

4. Perspectives on the History of Research

13.30-14.10
FLORIANA GIALLOMBARDO (Palermo)
Archives and Collections. Afterlife of Tabulario di Santa Maria di Valle Giosafat between antiquarianism and safeguard

14.10-14.50
DANIELA WILLIAMS (Vienna)
Collecting and Studying Coins of the Crusader States in the late 18th - early 19th Century

14.50-15.30
MICHELE CAMPOPIANO (Catania)
Conclusion

Contact:
tobias.danielsmg.fak09.uni-muenchen.de
martin.hirschstaatliche-muenzsammlung.de