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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (XII, 269 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110477283
  • 9783110477368
  • 9783110479201
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 701 23
LOC classification:
  • N72.R4 J65 2023
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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