Shai Halevi / Authority of the Antiquities of Israel
The round object with a hole in the middle – even over the coat of arms – can be a roll.
Registration also challenges some of the ideas on medieval pilgrimages to the Upper Room, with the apparent inclusion of women.
One published in the magazine Liber Annuus reports the remarkable decree of 30 registrations and nine drawings Hidden for centuries under the towed walls of the Upper Room, the place in Jerusálem where Jesus Christ will have made the last supper.
Located in Mount Zion, the Upper Room is a Hall of the Crusades Age that is about what many believe to be King David’s tomb. The Upper Room has long been revered as the place where Jesus shared his last meal with the disciples.
During the Middle Ages, it became a fundamental pilgrimage destination for Christians from all over Europe and the next East. However, after the seizure of power by the Ottoman in 1523, the room was converted to a mosque And the walls were towed, hiding the marks of the pilgrims for centuries.
Researchers, using digital images, revealed a wide range of drawings and scriptures never before seen, dated from the late 14th century and the early 16th century. These include representations of a glass of wine, a plate of food and what seems to be a Jerusalem Breadpossibly alluding to the last supper.
Among the most impressive findings is the coat of the Swabbish knight Albert von Altbachstill used today by the German city of Altbach. Other heraldic emblems point to pilgrims from Austria and the Czech Republic, while an inscription that refers to a Alepo’s wife It challenges the assumption that medieval pilgrimages were dominated by men, the.
The image of a Venetian -style boat The arduous sea trip suggests that many European pilgrims have made to reach the Holy Land. A separate Armenia inscription, where you read “Natal 1300”, It may have been left by a soldier who fought in a Syrian battle under the command of King Het’hi II, a few days earlier.
One of the most enigmatic images is that of a Scorpiowhich is believed to reflect Sufi traditionsin which the fans entered trance and manipulated poisonous creatures. The investigators speculate that honors the check aḥmad al-ʿaǧamī, a key figure in the conversion of the building to a mosque.
Shai Halevi / Authority of the Antiquities of Israel
The graffiti of a scorpion
“This discovery draws a much richer picture of those who visited the place – Christians, Muslims, men, women, local and foreigners and challenges the centered view of the west of the medieval pilgrimage,” said the study author Ilya Berkovich.
