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March 27–June 30, 2018 new york city One Exhibition, Three Locations A Contemporary Pilgrimage The New York Public Library | FREE Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fi h Avenue and 42nd Street Manhattan nypl.org The James Gallery | FREE The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fi h Avenue, First Floor Manhattan centerforthehumanities.org/james-gallery The Morgan Library & Museum $20 Adults, $13 Seniors & Students 225 Madison Avenue Manhattan themorgan.org Learn More: sharedsacredsites.net #sharedsacredsites new york city One Exhibition, Three Locations A Contemporary Pilgrimage The New York Public Library CUNY Graduate Center Morgan Library & Museum March 27–June 30, 2018 © 2018 The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations All rights reserved Not intended for sale 24 1 About the Shared Sacred Sites Project About the Exhibition Despite theological differences, Judaism, To complement the New York exhibition, This exhibition project started at the Museum Christianity, and Islam share many beliefs, rites, a Shared Sacred Sites catalogue is of European and Mediterranean Civilizations and symbols. These elements have formed a forthcoming. It will provide an overview of (Mucem) in Marseille in 2015. It has since traveled fertile ground for the sharing of sacred sites across the exhibitions, with noteworthy scholarly to the Bardo Museum in Tunis (2016), Thessaloniki the Mediterranean and Middle East. Instances discussion of shared spaces and rituals in order (2017), Paris (2017), and Marrakesh (2018). This of cooperation and coexistence among the three to present the more curious reader with added year, the exhibition is being hosted at three of monotheistic faiths, and the study of such depth, perspective, and resources. New York City’s renowned cultural institutions— sharing, provide key insights into the ways in The New York Public Library, the James Gallery which tolerance and understanding are cultivated. at the CUNY Graduate Center, and the Morgan We hope this project will demonstrate the Library & Museum—drawing from their collections potential for peaceful coexistence, tolerance, and beyond to illustrate the coexistence of the and understanding. three monotheistic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Based on historical and anthropological research carried out over several years, this project provides Each location offers a unique perspective on the an alternative narrative to one-dimensional intersections between these three religions. The accounts of cultural, ethnic, and spiritual confl ict. New York Public Library provides a historical A primary illustration of effective coexistence view of several major shared holy fi gures and the is the extensive history of religious sites shared interpretations they inspire across faiths, while by members of different belief systems. Our items on display at CUNY’s James Gallery depict contemporary world contains numerous cases of contemporary instances of believers practicing : such varied devotional interactions that defy the their faiths in shared spaces. At the Morgan Karen Barkey infl exibility often attributed to religious groups. Library & Museum, a single but signifi cant work Dionigi Albera is on view—the 13th-century Morgan Picture Shared Sacred Sites is a collaborative project that Manoël Pénicaud Bible—which demonstrates how members of seeks to bring together scholars and curious : the different faiths interacted through shared individuals to promote and inform the study of Suzana Greene biblical stories. shared sacred spaces and symbols. Contributors form a network of researchers and help make By examining these works together, we hope to : knowledge accessible through multimedia raise awareness of the potential for cooperation Erhard Reuwich platforms, including scholarly essays, newspaper among religious groups. Detail of view of Jerusalem from Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam articles, photographs, audio, and videos. (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land) by Bernhard von Breydenbach, 1486 Visit us online to fi nd more information, related The New York Public Library, programs, and more: sharedsacredsites.net Rare Book Division #sharedsacredsites 22 3 The New York Public Library For more than 100 years, The New York Public Library has collected thousands of religious books and manuscripts in order to preserve and make accessible the rich history of world religions, including the three Abrahamic faiths. Drawn from divisions across the Library’s research collections, the objects on display represent centuries of creativity that tell the story of these religions and the varied interactions among followers of di erent belief systems. Several major gures central to the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur’an have inspired interfaith encounters. While chronicles of the three monotheistic faiths are full of examples of intolerance and con ict, they also tell of coexistence and mutual understanding. Such acts are modeled on the hospitality of Abraham, the motherhood of Mary, and the heroic deeds of other holy gures, including Moses, Elijah, St. George, and Khidr. Shared Sacred Sites highlights the importance of these gures—and the shared worship they have inspired—by tracing them through texts and images Léon de Laborde drawn from the rich collections of the Library. Scene of Abraham and “View of the Convent of Sarah hosting angels from St. Catherine” from Voyage a manuscript of The Gospel de l’Arabie Petrée (Travels According to Luke in Arabia Petrea) Muscovy, 15th century Paris: Girard, 1830 Spencer Collection General Research Division This illuminated manuscript This engraving depicts the illustrates the hospitality that Byzantine Orthodox Monastery Abraham (left) and Sarah (right) of St. Catherine of Alexandria. showed three heavenly visitors Built in the 6th century, the at Mamre (Genesis 18:2–15). monastery stands at the foot of After the couple offered their Mount Sinai, or the Jebel Mûsa guests a meal under an oak tree, (“Mountain of Moses” in Arabic) one of the angels announced to in the South Sinai Peninsula. The Sarah that she will have a son, monastery was an important place Isaac, despite her advanced age. of sojourn for Muslim pilgrims on The hospitality in the episode their way to and from Mecca, as is a model for behavior at many illustrated in this engraving by the holy places of Abrahamic faiths: caravan of North African pilgrims visitors, even from another arriving at the monastery. religion, are often welcome and hosted without discrimination or hostility. 5 Erhard Reuwich View of Jerusalem from Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land) by Bernhard von Breydenbach, 1486 The New York Public Library, Rare Book Division This panoramic view of the Holy Land comes from a 15th- century text regarded as the first illustrated travel journal to be printed. The woodcut shows the region from Damascus to Alexandria, the pyramids along the Nile and even Mecca, with a central focus on Jerusalem. This is one of the most beautiful maps of Jerusalem, stunning in its details and delightful in its prodigious reach beyond the city itself. 6 8 The Annunciation (detail) from Ketubbah with Abraham Zamakhshari Firdaus¯ı Tu¯s¯ı, Abu¯ al-Qasim The Sha¯hna¯mah, the Persian Book Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-N¯ıshaˉpu¯r¯ı Jesus is the Son of God for a manuscript Book of Hours and Jacob Al-Kashshaf an Haqa’iq an al- Hasan, author; Shar¯ıf Am¯ıd¯ı, of Kings, is a long epic poem Qazwin Christians and revered as a major Bourges, France, ca. 1505–10 Nizza Monferrato, Aug. 16, 1782 Tanzil (The Discoverer of the translator; Darvish ‘Abdi, scribe written by the poet Ferdowsi Jesus with food from heaven prophet (‘Isa) by Muslims. This Spencer Collection Dorot Jewish Division Truth about the Revelation), vol. 3 Image of Iskandar and the between ca. 977 and 1010. In from Qisas al-Anbiyaˉ (Tales of the Muslim miniature shows Jesus the Islamic tradition, Iskandar Syria or Egypt, 15th century Prophet Khidr from Tarjumah-i Prophets) in its center passing out food, (identified as Alexander the Great) Mary, Mother of Jesus, is a crucial A ketubbah (Jewish marriage Manuscripts and Archives Division Sha¯hna¯mah (Book of Kings) Iran, 11th century, copied ca. 1580 representing the Miracle of the is a saintly leader whose armies figure for both Christians and contract) includes references 10th century, copied in Istanbul Spencer Collection Table recounted in the Qur’an, conquered both East and West. It Muslims. Mary is mentioned and iconography related to the Shown is commentary on the 1616–20 which echoes the Feeding of the is said that Iskandar set out with more often in the Qur’an than in names of the bride or groom. In 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur’an, Spencer Collection 5,000, or the Miracle of Loaves and Khidr to find the Water of Life. the entire New Testament. The this 18th-century ketubbah from dedicated to Maryam (Mary in Fishes, in the Gospels. The Qur’an The story is told that while Annunciation, in which the angel Piedmont, Italy, the groom’s Arabic). The portion of the Qur’an explains that in answering his Khidr reached the Water of Life, Gabriel reveals to the Virgin Mary name is represented by two under discussion is written on apostles’ demand, Jesus caused Iskandar got lost, since he was that she will have a child through pictures depicting his namesakes, the margins of the pages in red. a table set with food to descend interested in self-glorification divine intervention, is also Abraham and Jacob. On the left, These verses (19:19–21) tell of the from heaven (5:111–114). This was while Khidr served his God and present in the Islamic tradition. the vignette features the binding Annunciation by the angel to Mary. one of the proofs of his being a of Isaac (Genesis 22:1–14), in which therefore gained eternal life. true prophet. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son. Shown on the right is the dream of Jacob. 9 10 11 The Morgan Library & Museum The Morgan Library & Museum’s celebrated 13th-century Morgan Picture Bible is one of the masterpieces of Gothic art.
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