Saturday, October 19, 2024 12:30pm to 1pm
Saturday, October 19, 2024 12:30pm to 1pm
About this Event
Join Chance Bonar, former graduate curatorial intern, as he explores the sixth-century miniature book the Gospel of the Lots of Mary—a prominent example of divinatory texts and oracles from early Byzantine Egypt (395–642 CE). Bonar will share what oracles and divination in the ancient world were like and how religious practitioners sought out answers to their questions from gods through texts, rituals, and physical materials.
Led by:
Chance Bonar, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Humanities, Tufts University; former graduate curatorial intern, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums