Textual amulets from antiquity to early modern times : the shape of words / edited by Christoffer Theis and Paolo Vitellozzi

• HerausgeberIn: Theis, Christoffer 1984-; Vitellozzi, Paolo
• Place / Publishing House: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Bloomsbury studies in material religion
• Physical Description: xiv, 202 Seiten; Illustrationen
• Notes: "This volume originates from the international conference "Textual Amulets in an Transcultural Perspective" held at the University of Heidelberg, April 9-10, 2018" - Vorwort; Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite 170-194
• ISBN: 9781350254534
• ac_no: AC16799481
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Christoffer Theis and Paolo Vitellozzi

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.