TANGIBLE RELIGION MATERIALITY OF

DOMESTIC CULT PRACTICES FROM ANTIQUITY

TO EARLY MODERN ERA

Rome, 27th - 28th NovembeR 2014

InstItutum Romanum FInlandIae VIlla lante al GIanIcolo,

PasseGGIata del GIanIcolo 10

IN thIs two-day woRkshop, Issues of mateRIalIty aNd meaNINg of cult objects IN pRemodeRN domestIc eNvIRoNmeNt, fRom RomaN aNtIquIty to eaRly modeRN

euRope, wIll be dIscussed. such objects, wIth a wIdely vaRIable degRee of sacRalIty, would RaNge fRom statues of dIvINItIes to RelIcs, amulets aNd RelIgIous ImageRy of gods aNd saINts RepReseNted IN wall paINtINgs, textIles, fuRNItuRe oR eveRyday uteNsIls. INhabItaNts, vIsItoRs, aNd seRvaNts of the households had a close, physIcal RelatIoNshIp wIth these objects wIth whIch they shaRed the space, aNd wIth whIch they weRe IN daIly INteRactIoN, plausIbly IN a much moRe dIRect, peRsoNal aNd emotIve way thaN the RelatIoNshIp they had wIth the offIcIal aNd publIc cult Items.

Workshop organized by Dr. Ria Berg (Institutum Romanum Finlandiae),

Dr. Anu Koponen (Aalto University), Dr. Marika Räsänen (University of Turku).

15.00 - 15.15 Ria Berg, Introduction

Session I METHODS AND MEANING: APPROACHING THE MATERIALITY OF

DOMESTIC RELIGION

15.15-15.45 Maddalena Bassani (University of Padua) “Gods and Cultual Objects in the Roman Houses. Notes for a Methodological Research” 15.45-16.15 Claire Renkin (MCD University of Divinity) “Making the Sacred Palpable: How Material Objects Enhanced Lay Devotional Practices in Late Medieval Europe”

16.15–16.45 Coffee break

Session II LIVING WITH GOD(S): INSTRUMENTS OF THE SACRED

IN DOMESTIC SPACE

16.45-17.15 Linnéa Johansson (University of Gothenburg) “The Spatial Patterns of the Pompeian Domestic Cult”

17.15-17.45 Marika Räsänen (University of Turku) “Uses of Saints’ Relics in the Late Medieval Domestic Space”

17.45-18.15 Liisa Lagerstam (University of Turku) “The Sacred Treasures of the Kurck Brothers”

18.15 Reception at Villa Lante

Session III IMAGES AND SPACES: REPRESENTING THE SACRED ON

DOMESTIC WALLS

10.00-10.30 Anu Koponen (Aalto University) “Egyptian Cults and Pompeian Domestic Wall Paintings”

10.30-11.00 Kirsi Majantie (University of Turku) “Venerated and Didactic Walls – Devotional Images on the 15th and 16th Century Tiles Stoves in Northern Europe”

11.00–11.30 Coffee break

Session IV PICK & MIX: OBJECTS AND IMAGES ON THE EDGE OF THE DIVINE

11.30-12.00 Ria Berg (Institutum Romanum Finlandiae) “Sacred or Profane Images? Venus and Pompeian Hair Pins”

12.00-12.30 Emese Balint (European University Institute) “Visual Representation of Anabaptist Ceramics 1593-1767”

12.30–13.30 Lunch

Session V AMULETS AND RITUALS: PROTECTING THE HOUSEHOLD

13.30-14.00 Véronique Dasen (University of Fribourg) “Heracles, Women and Amulets: from Club to Knot “

14.00-14.30 Reima Välimäki (University of Turku) “More Powerful than Mere Matter? Forbidden but Practiced Material Religion among the Late Medieval German Waldenses”

14.30-15.00 Coffee break

Session VI CHANGING HOUSE, CHANGING RELIGION: DOMESTIC RELIGION ON

THE MOVE

15.00-15.30 William van Andringa (University of Lille 3) “To Live or Not to Live: The Lares and the Transfer or Abandonment of the Domicilium at Pompeii”

15.30-16.00 Kimberly Bowes (American Academy in Rome) “Domestic Religion over the Generations: The Evidence from Lullingstone”

16.00-16.30 David Gaimster (The Hunterian, University of Glasgow) “New Faith, New Home, New Stove. The Role of the Hanseatic Ceramics Trade in the Transmission of New Confessional and Political Identities in the Northern European Home, c. 1500-1600”

SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP

CLOSING DISCUSSION

DAY 1 DAY 2