The Long Life of Magical Objects : : A Study in the Solomonic Tradition / / Allegra Iafrate.
This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultural resonance throughout history, art historian Allegra Iafrate delivers exciting insights into these objects and interrogates the ways in which magic ma...
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Iafrate, Allegra, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Long Life of Magical Objects : A Study in the Solomonic Tradition / Allegra Iafrate. University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021] ©2019 1 online resource (248 p.) : 19 illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Magic in History Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List o f Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Solomon's Cabinet of Curiosities: Objects from an Uncanonical Collection -- 1. Magical Objects and Where to Find Them -- 2. The Signet Ring -- 3. Bottles for the Demons -- 4. Much Ado About Knotting -- 5. The Metamorphic Shamir -- 6. Carpets and Other Flying Devices -- Conclusion: "Of the Cosmopolitan Destiny of Magical Objects" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultural resonance throughout history, art historian Allegra Iafrate delivers exciting insights into these objects and interrogates the ways in which magic manifests itself at a material level.Each chapter focuses on a different Solomonic object: a ring used to control demons; a mysterious set of bottles that constrain evil forces; an endless knot or seal with similar properties; the shamir, known for its supernatural ability to cut through stone; and a flying carpet that can bring the sitter anywhere he desires. Taken together, these chapters constitute a study on the reception of the figure of Solomon, but they are also cultural biographies of these magical objects and their inherent aesthetic, morphological, and technical qualities.Thought-provoking and engaging, Iafrate's study shows how ancient magic artifacts live on in our imagination, in items such as Sauron's ring of power, Aladdin's lamp, and the magic carpet. It will appeal to historians of art, religion, folklore, and literature. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) ART / History / Medieval. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110745207 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271085357?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271085357 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780271085357.jpg |
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