Textual amulets from antiquity to early modern times

• Titel: Textual amulets from antiquity to early modern times
• Titelzusatz: the shape of words
• Mitwirkende: Theis, Christoffer [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Vitellozzi, Paolo [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Christoffer Theis and Paolo Vitellozzi
• Verlagsort: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: xiv, 202 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-350-25453-4
• Schlagwörter: (s)Amulett / (s)Schrift / (z)Geschichte 500 v. Chr.-2000
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Textual amulets from antiquity to early modern times. - First edition. - London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1830820192

Abstract

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Textual Amulets from a Transcultural Perspective -- Chapter 2: Writing on Magical Gems: Reflections on Inscribed Gemstone Amulets of the Imperial Period -- Chapter 3: Of Comprehensible and Incomprehensible Inscriptions: Remarks on Some Gems with Multi-headed Gods -- Chapter 4: Agency and Efficacy in Syriac Amulets across the Ages -- Chapter 5: Demons in Runic and Latin Amulets from Medieval Scandinavia -- Chapter 6: Magic Letters: Unintelligible Prophylactic Formulas -- Chapter 7: The Materiality of Talismans from Early Modern Spain: Morisco (and Old-Christian) Cases -- Chapter 8: Talismans and Engravers of Talismans in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Society According to the Journal of Evliyā Çelebi -- Chapter 9: Small Letters against Great Misfortunes: A Glance at Safavid Amulet Culture -- Chapter 10: Final Remarks: Toward a Transcultural View of Magical Writing -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- General Index.