Textual amulets from antiquity to early modern times : the shape of words /: the shape of words. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Christoffer Theis and Paolo Vitellozzi.
• Editors: Vitellozzi, Paolo; Theis, Christoffer
• Contents: 1.Introduction / Christoffer Theis (Universitt̃ Heidelberg, Germany), Paolo Vitellozzi (Università di Perugia, Italy) -- 2. Writing on Magical Gems. Reflections on Inscribed Gemstone Amulets of the Imperial Period / Paolo Vitellozzi (Università di Perugia, Italy) -- 3. Gods with Multiple Heads on Gems and Their Inscriptions / Christoffer Theis (Universitt̃ Heidelberg, Germany) -- 4. Agency and Efficacy in Syriac Amulets Across the Ages / Nils Hallvard Korsvoll (Universitetet i Agder, Norway) -- 5. Demons in Runic and Latin Lead Amulets from Scandinavia / Rudolf Simek (Universitt̃ Bonn, Germany) -- 6. Magical Letters: The Unintelligible Prophylactic Formulae / Edina Bozoky (Universit ̌de Poitiers, France) -- 7. Talismans from Early Modern Spain: Morisco (and Old-Christian) Cases / Esther Fernǹdez Medina (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland) -- 8. Engravers of Sigils and Talismans in the 17th Century Ottoman Society According to the Journal of Evliyaßelebi / ízlem Denis Cosçun (Universitt̃ Mainz, Germany) -- 9. Small Letters Against Big Mischances: a Glance at Safavid Amulet Culture / Sarah Kiyanrad (Universitt̃ Heidelberg, Germany) -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 133.44; Amulets -- History; Writing -- History; Semiotics; Amulettes -- Histoire; Écriture -- Histoire; Amulets; Semiotics; Writing; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350254565; 1350254568; 9781350254558
• Related ISBNs: 135025455X; 9781350254572; 9781350254534
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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