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A Bari e Venosa: poesia per Cesare Colafemmina
No full textQuesto volume viene ad arricchire in maniera considerevole la documentazione storica, di natura quasi prettamente epigrafica, che a partire dall'Ottocento fu pubblicata da illustri ebraisti quali Graziadio Isaia Ascoli e Umberto Cassuto, le cui letture furono riprese e arricchite dall'indefesso lavoro del caro e compianto Cesare Colafemmina, che con la sua ricerca negli archivi offrì un inedito e importantissimo contesto nel quale inserire le lapidi e i testi incisi nei marmi, spesso reperiti completamente decontestualizzati oppure salvatisi come materiale edile da riuso
Cesare Colafemmina e Vittore Colorni
No full textPer onorare la memoria di Cesare Colafemmina, in queste righe vorrei ricordare la sua amicizia con Vittore Colorni e Shlomo Simonsohn. Cesare negli anni Sessanta del secolo scorso iniziò ad occuparsi di ebraismo e di epigrafia ebraica e in quell'occasione cercò Colorni il quale a sua volta lo mise in contatto anche con Simonsohn. Da questa sua richiesta nacque la sua amicizia quarantennale con i due insigni studiosi. Colorni era certamente noto a Cesare Colafemmina per i suoi studi pioneristici sulla storia e la situazione giuridica degli ebrei italiani iniziati nel 1934, ma Colorni era un giurista, ordinario presso 'Università di Ferrara, e pur conoscendo l'ebraico, di fronte alle richieste di Colafemmina per avere lumi sulle epigrafi ebraiche, lo indirizzò al più giovane studioso Shlomo Simonsohn, che viveva in Israele e aveva una conoscenza assai più avanzata della lingua
Ripensando a Cesare Colafemmina con tanta nostalgia
No full textCesare Colafemmina aveva una cultura enciclopedica: sapeva di storia, letteratura, lingue semitiche, Bibbia e di lingue classiche. Egli ha riscoperto e ridato vita a quella cultura ebraica pugliese e dell'Italia meridionale, che si sviluppò come frutto diretto dal grembo dell'ebraismo della Terra d'Israele, a cui lo lega un rapporto diretto. Attraverso questo legame vitale tutta l'eredità della cultura ebraica palestinese, terminato il suo prospero sviluppo con la cessazione del Patriarcato nel 425, si spostò, oltre che verso est nei centri delle accademie babilonesi di Sura, Pumbedita e Neardea, soprattutto verso ovest in Puglia. Nelle accademie rabbiniche di Bari, Trani, Otranto e Oria, questa preziosa eredità poté rinascere, rifiorire e rinvigorirsi, fino a fare della Puglia ebraica uno dei più importanti fari della cultura ebraica in Occidente, che reggeva bene il confronto con l'altra sede di eccellenza, costituitasi nel centri dell'Andalusia dove, percorrendo la costa nord-africana del Magreb, era arrivata l'erdità babilonese
Le indagini archeologiche di Cesare Colafemmina: le catacombe di Venosa nel carteggio con la Soprintendenza (1972-1980)
No full textCesare Colafemmina's Archaeological Investigations: The Catacombs of Venosa and His Correspondence with the Superintendency for the Archaeological Heritage (1972-1980)
Cesare Colafemmina’s scientific production is marked by profound eclecticism, and in an interdisciplinary way, his research followed more than one direction: biblical exegesis, archaeology, history, art, literature and documents. Among his most important works there are those concerning the catacombs of Venosa, in Basilicata, to which he dedicated a ten year archaeological survey in the 70s and 80s. In his printed essays, Colafemmina often referred to survey campaigns, inspections and to excavation attempts, without, however, particularly dwelling upon these research stages, which are also very important for the correct reconstruction of the events regarding the catacombs and the history of their discovery. The article presents a study of the exchange of letters between Colafemmina and, in particular, the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Basilicata, from which one can infer both the exact chronology of his research and discoveries and the atmosphere and circumstances in which they took place.In questo studio si presenta la corrispondenza intercorsa fra C. Colafemmina, il più importante studioso moderno delle catacombe di Venosa, e la Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Basilicata. Dalla documentazione emerge la cronologia esatta dei suoi studi sul sito e delle sue scoperte, nonché le circostanze entro cui ebbero luogo.
Cesare Colafemmina's Archaeological Investigations: The Catacombs of Venosa and His Correspondence with the Superintendency for the Archaeological Heritage (1972-1980)
Cesare Colafemmina’s scientific production is marked by profound eclecticism, and in an interdisciplinary way, his research followed more than one direction: biblical exegesis, archaeology, history, art, literature and documents. Among his most important works there are those concerning the catacombs of Venosa, in Basilicata, to which he dedicated a ten year archaeological survey in the 70s and 80s. In his printed essays, Colafemmina often referred to survey campaigns, inspections and to excavation attempts, without, however, particularly dwelling upon these research stages, which are also very important for the correct reconstruction of the events regarding the catacombs and the history of their discovery. The article presents a study of the exchange of letters between Colafemmina and, in particular, the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Basilicata, from which one can infer both the exact chronology of his research and discoveries and the atmosphere and circumstances in which they took place
Presenza ebraica in Rutigliano e Conversano nei secoli XV e XVI
No full textThe Jews in Rutigliano and Conversano in the 15th and 16th Centuries
The present work deals with the publication of the registers of deeds written up in Rutigliano and Conversano (Puglia) during the 15th and 16th century by the notaries Antonello de Salatino from Rutigliano and Giacomo di sire Goffredo in Conversano. The transcription of the notarial deeds, done by the late Professor Cesare Colafemmina, is preceded by a short introduction by Diego de Ceglia about the Jewish presence in these two Apulian towns. The large number of the deeds shows how relevant the presence of Jews – most of whom were shepherds or cowherds – must have been within the community. The deeds also include the names of Jews engaged in moneylending at the time, and also in the buying and selling of necessaries and fabrics in Rutigliano, Conversano and other nearby towns. The 16th-century deeds from Rutigliano shed light on Jews’ economic conditions thanks to their references to the general regulations of the Kingdom of Naples concerning their taxation and exemptions.Il saggio presenta l'edizione dei regesti degli atti redatti nelle piazze di Rutigliano e Conversano nel XV e XVI secolo presso i notai Antonello de Salatino, operante a Rutigliano, e Giacomo de Sire Goffredo, il quale lavorò a Conversano nella metà del XV secolo. La regestazione degli atti notarili, già preparata da C. Colafemmina, è preceduta da una breve introduzione di D. de Ceglia, cui si deve la cura dei regesti del XVI secolo relativi alla presenza di ebrei nelle due città pugliesi, in età angioina e viceregnale. La varietà di documenti dimostra come gli ebrei fossero influenti all'interno della comunità, dove erano principalmente dediti all'agricoltura e alla zootecnia. Lo studio consente inoltre di conoscere i nomi di alcuni ebrei attivi come prestatori e commerciavano tessuti e beni di prima necessità non solo Rutigliano e Conversano, ma anche in altre città vicine, dove risultano rogati alcuni atti.
The Jews in Rutigliano and Conversano in the 15th and 16th Centuries
The present work deals with the publication of the registers of deeds written up in Rutigliano and Conversano (Puglia) during the 15th and 16th century by the notaries Antonello de Salatino from Rutigliano and Giacomo di sire Goffredo in Conversano. The transcription of the notarial deeds, done by the late Professor Cesare Colafemmina, is preceded by a short introduction by Diego de Ceglia about the Jewish presence in these two Apulian towns. The large number of the deeds shows how relevant the presence of Jews – most of whom were shepherds or cowherds – must have been within the community. The deeds also include the names of Jews engaged in moneylending at the time, and also in the buying and selling of necessaries and fabrics in Rutigliano, Conversano and other nearby towns. The 16th-century deeds from Rutigliano shed light on Jews’ economic conditions thanks to their references to the general regulations of the Kingdom of Naples concerning their taxation and exemptions
L'attività degli ebrei negli atti notarili del secolo XV a Bitetto e Palo
No full textJewish Activities in 15th-Century Notary Deeds from Bitetto and Palo
The paper integrates an as yet unpublished study of 156 summaries of notary deeds already edited by C. Colafemmina. The introduction investigates the Jews’ economic burden during the 15th century in the two cities of Bitetto and Palo del Colle (province of Bari) which, although very close, had a different political history that probably conditioned their relationship with the Jews of Apulia. The analysed documents are mortgage, sale and fabrics purchase deeds, real estate and rental of animals contracts, agreed upon by inhabitans of Bitetto e Palo and Jews of the neighbouring cities. The article includes summaries of deeds of the notaries Antonino de Iuliano from Bitetto (1453-1494) and Domenico de Cassano from Palo (1457-1497). Il lavoro integra, con la pubblicazione di 156 regesti, un precedente studio di C. Colafemmina. Nelle nuove sezioni, de Ceglia analizza il peso economico degli ebrei, durante il secolo XV, nelle città di Bitetto e Palo: che, per quanto affini sotto vari punti di vista, ebbero differenti vicende politiche, che probabilmente condizionarono anche il loro rapporto con gli ebrei presenti in varie località pugliesi. Gli atti notarili analizzati riguardano mutui, compravendite di tessuti e d'immobili, noleggio di animali.
Jewish Activities in 15th-Century Notary Deeds from Bitetto and Palo
The paper integrates an as yet unpublished study of 156 summaries of notary deeds already edited by C. Colafemmina. The introduction investigates the Jews’ economic burden during the 15th century in the two cities of Bitetto and Palo del Colle (province of Bari) which, although very close, had a different political history that probably conditioned their relationship with the Jews of Apulia. The analysed documents are mortgage, sale and fabrics purchase deeds, real estate and rental of animals contracts, agreed upon by inhabitans of Bitetto e Palo and Jews of the neighbouring cities. The article includes summaries of deeds of the notaries Antonino de Iuliano from Bitetto (1453-1494) and Domenico de Cassano from Palo (1457-1497). 
Gli ebrei nella Calabria medievale atti della Giornata di Studio in memoria di Cesare Colafemmina (Rende, 21 maggio 2013)
No full textPietro Verri’s Contribution to the Economic Theory of the 18th Century: Commercial Society, Civil Society and Governance of the Economy
No full text'Count Pietro Verri (1728-97) - Schumpeter writes (History, p. 178) - - would have to be included in any list of the greatest economists'. Within the Milanese school, he certainly stands out, alongside with Cesare Beccaria, during one of the most interesting periods from a history of analysis point of view. Luigi Cossa's famous introduction to the study of political economy rates Pietro Verri to be inferior to Beccaria in ingenuity and scientific cultivation, but greatly to be ahead of him as an economist.1 This judgement by Cossa, in particular, seems to echo the relative position of the two men in the history of ideas, particularly after Beccaria's rise to fame with a book - On crimes and punishments - which had in fact been largely inspired by Verri himself and defended by him.2 It is proposed in the present paper to revisit some of the basic tenets of Pietro Verri's political economy, with more in view than dwell on specific intuitions and theorems: namely relate those to Verri's own - quite original - conception of the economy. The scholarly work of Pietro Verri - with a special reference to his Meditazioni sulla economia politica of 1771 - provides the first systematic contribution stemming from the quarters of Lombard enlightenment in the field of political economy, especially so if one considers that Cesare Beccaria's parallel work - namely his Elementi di economia pubblica, conceived and drafted at the same time as Verri's Meditazioni - would only be published posthumously several years later. From the vantage point afforded by Verri's political economy, we gain a considerably attractive view of the most significant elements and characteristic concepts of Lombard enlightenment during the latter half of the 18th century; Verri, moreover, as we shall see, builds on a number of them in a new and original way. This paper is aimed at discussing Verri's political economy mainly along two distinct, but related, lines. In the first place the conception of commercial society is considered such as it is treated by the author particularly in his Meditazioni. In this perspective the analysis of such issues as competition and the market or money and taxation occupy a central place. Secondly it will be necessary to emphasise that Verri's approach has little to do either with forms of pure economics on one side - largely yet to be born throughout the 18th century - or, on the other side, with such conceptions of the polis - contrariwise well alive among his own contemporaries - as are founded on a sovereign authority conceived to be situated above the law. What Verri's political economy ultimately amounts to is an economic conception of civil society. The latter has natural strong connections with his own fact-mindedness - emphasised by Schumpeter - as well as with his deep practical involvement in administrative affairs and in the reforming process taking place during the latter half of the 18th century in Milan. In our view, a thorough investigation along the mentioned lines is the precondition for an understanding of the intellectual stature and of the scholarly contribution of Pietro Verri. His main ground is distinctly analytical and only by appreciating his analysis is it possible to shed light on the meaning and intellectual significance also of his practical contributions. Moreover Verri's pronouncements on the criticism of despotic government, the relevance of intermediate powers or bodies and on multiple levels of governance will be examined in a new and original light, showing how close they are to the gist of his analysis.
1510-2010: Cinquecentenario dell’espulsione degli ebrei dall’Italia meridionale. Atti del convegno internazionale (Napoli, 22-23 novembre 2010)
No full textAtti del convegno svoltosi a Napoli in occasione del Cinquecentenario dell'espulsione degli ebrei dall'Italia meridionale. Testi di Paola Avallone, Roberto Bonfil, Cédric Cohen Skalli, Cesare Colafemmina, Anna Esposito, Giancarlo Lacerenza, Peter Mazur, Francesco Paolo Tocco, Nadia Zeldes
Hebrew epigraphy in Cesare Colafemmina’s Archive
No full textL’objet de la thèse consiste en la présentation aux chercheurs du corpus le plus complet possible du patrimoine épigraphique juif des Pouilles et de Basilicate – la zone la plus riche de témoignages juifs de toutes les autres régions du Sud de l’Italie, de l’Antiquité tardive au Moyen-âge –, grâce au catalogage détaillé du matériel subsistant et introuvable. Il s’agit pour cela de confronter les éditions de Cesare Colafemmina (Archivio CeRDEM-Centro Ricerche e Documentazione sull’Ebraismo C. Colafemmina), aux données provenant de nouvelles enquêtes sur le territoire, aux documents d’archives des apographes et aux Fonds photographiques non publiés, en particulier ceux de Nikolaus Müller (Glasplattendias jüdischer Katakombeninschriften - “Sammlung Nikolaus Müller”, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) et de Rocco Briscese (Archivio privato Briscese, Comune di Venosa). La thèse comprend une centaine de Fiches (« Schede ») paléographiques qui analysent pour la première fois en détail les aspects de la paléographie de toute la série des stèles juives. Un des objectifs regarde l'analyse de l'évolution de l’écriture de l’Hébreu, en comparant le matériel épigraphique des Pouilles et de la Basilicate avec le développement de la culture juive du sud de la péninsule italienne entre terre d’origine (Ereṣ Yiśra’el), Méditerranée et Europe du Nord. Les données épigraphiques signalées dans le passé ont été étudiées dans le détail et puis comparées avec les épitaphes encore existant aujourd’hui. L’inventaire des inscriptions perdues a été dresse Ont été utilisées des données épigraphiques signalées dans le passé (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles) pour les comparer avec celles d’aujourd’hui pour dresser l’inventaire des inscriptions perdues. Les reproductions encore existantes ont été identifiées pour dresser un état des lieux et une liste complète mise à jour.The thesis consists in presenting researchers with the most complete as possible corpus of the Jewish epigraphic heritage of Puglia and Basilicata – the area with the greatest amount of Jewish material in all the regions of Southern Italy from late antiquity to the Middle Ages - thanks to the cataloguing of existing and hard to find material, through the comparison of Cesare Colafemmina’s findings (Archivio CeRDEM-Centro Ricerche e Documentazione sull’Ebraismo C. Colafemmina) and the data from the new investigation on the territory, archive documents, apographs and photographic archive, in particular of Nikolaus Müller (Glasplattendias jüdischer Katakombeninschriften - "Sammlung Nikolaus Müller", Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and Rocco Briscese (Archivio Privato Briscese, Comune di Venosa). The thesis includes one hundred paleographic SCHEDE which, for the first time analyze in detail those aspects linked to the paleography of the entire series of Jewish steles. The project focuses on the evolution of Hebrew script, based on the comparative analysis of the epigraphic material of Puglia and Basilicata in relation to the development of Jewish culture in southern peninsular Italy between Ereṣ Yiśra’el, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Among the objectives: the creation of a catalog of this corpus of “stele”. In particular, the project started with Jewish inscriptions already reported in the past (18th-19th century) to compare them with the ones still in existence. The reproductions of the lost inscriptions have been found when possible in order to draw up an up to date inventory
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