Drawing Spirit : : The Role of Images and Design in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity / / ed. by Jay Johnston, Iain Gardner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Dosoo, Korshi,; Gardner, Iain,; Johnston, Jay,; Kindt, Julia,
• HerausgeberIn: Gardner, Iain,; Johnston, Jay,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 269 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Plates --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1 ‘Magical Images:’ An Esoteric Aesthetics of Engagement --; 2 Evoking the Supernatural: Text and Image in Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri --; 3 The Heidelberg Magical Archive: A Discussion of its Origins, Context and Purpose --; 4 An Archive of Coptic Handbooks and Exemplars for the Making of Amulets and the Enacting of Ritual Power from the Tenth Century (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 680–683 and 685–686) --; 5 Two Body Problems: Binding Effigies in Christian Egypt and Elsewhere --; 6 Image Play: On Angels and Insects --; Plates --; Contributors --; Bibliography --; General Index --; Manuscript Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110479201; 9783111175782; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110994544; 9783110994537
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110479201
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jay Johnston, Iain Gardner.

A pioneering interdisciplinary study of the art, production and social functions of Late Antique ritual artefacts. Utilising case studies from the Graeco-Egyptian magical papyri and the Heidelberg archive it establishes new approaches, provides a holistic understanding of the multi-sensory aspects of ritual practice, and explores the transmission of knowledge traditions across faiths.