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SUMMARY:Setting eyes on the holy: the description of sacred sites in accou
 nts of pilgrimages to Jerusalem and the medieval school of seeing\, 12th-1
 5th century - Susanne Pickert (Max Planck Institute for the History of Sci
 ence\, Berlin)
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CONTACT:David Allan Feller
DESCRIPTION:Setting eyes on the holy.:  The description of sacred sites in
  accounts of pilgrimages to Jerusalem and the medieval school of seeing\, 
 12th-15th century\n\nThe great appeal that the holy sites of Palestine hel
 d for a steady current of medieval pilgrims is well known.  Their travel a
 ccounts\, often saturated with facts and detailed descriptions of the sacr
 ed places\, have long been used as sources by historians of art\, architec
 ture or geography.  Concerning the texts themselves however\, questions re
 main.  What motivated pilgrims to set their eyes on the holy?  What did th
 is holiness look like?  Who had defined the signs of sanctity?  Which spir
 itual theory lay behind the idea that human eyes could capture the divine?
   In order to begin to answer these questions\, the talk will introduce a 
 medieval school of thought that motivated examination of the earthly for t
 he sake of contemplation.\n\nPlease bring a bag lunch\, and inquiring mind
 \, and all of your medievalist friends to HPS Seminar room 1 on Monday May
  14\, 1 p.m. \n\n It has been an exciting and extremely well-attended Cabi
 net series this year\, and it would be appropriate to send it off with a p
 acked house!\n\nBest Wishes\n\nDavid Allan Feller\ndaf33@cam.ac.uk\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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