Bremmer, Jan N., Dieleman, Jacco, Feldt, Laura, Curbera, Jaime, Giannobile, Sergio, Gordon, Richard L., Dasen, Véronique, Nagy, Árpád, Dijkstra, Jitse, Blänsdorf, Jürgen, van den Hoek, Annewies, Feissel, Denis, Herrmann, John J., Forshaw, Peter J. and Davies, Owen (2015). The Materiality of Magic. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink. ISBN 978-3-7705-5725-7

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The Materiality of Magic is an exciting new book about an aspect of magic that is usually neglected. In the last two decades we have had many books and proceedings of conferences on the concept of magic itself as well as its history, formulas and incantations in antiquity, both in East and West. Much less attention, however, has been paid to the material that was used by the magicians for their conjuring activities. This is the first book of its kind that focuses on the material aspects of magic, such as amulets, drawings, figurines, gems, grimoires, rings, and voodoo dolls. The practice of magic required a specialist expertise that knew how to handle material such as lead, gold, stones, papyrus and terra cotta – material that sometimes was used for specific genres of magic. That is why we present in this well illustrated collection of studies new insights on the materiality of magic in antiquity by studying both the materials used for magic as well as the books in which the expertise was preserved. The main focus of the book is on antiquity, but we complement and contrast our material with examples ranging from the Ancient Near East, via early modern Europe, to the present time.

Item Type: Book, conference item or legal commentary
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Bremmer, Jan N.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dieleman, JaccoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Feldt, LauraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Curbera, JaimeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Giannobile, SergioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gordon, Richard L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dasen, VéroniqueUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nagy, ÁrpádUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dijkstra, JitseUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Blänsdorf, JürgenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
van den Hoek, AnnewiesUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Feissel, DenisUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Herrmann, John J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Forshaw, Peter J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Davies, OwenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Editors:
EditorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Boschung, DietrichUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bremmer, Jan N.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Contributors:
ContributionNameEmail
CorrectorZimmer, TorstenUNSPECIFIED
CorrectorBremmer, Jan N.UNSPECIFIED
CorrectorGreub, ThierryUNSPECIFIED
Corporate Creators: Internationales Kolleg Morphomata
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-121193
Series Name at the University of Cologne: Morphomata
Volume: 20
Number of Pages: 426
Date: 23 March 2015
Publisher: Wilhelm Fink
Place of Publication: Paderborn
ISSN: 2511-2341
ISBN: 978-3-7705-5725-7
Language: English
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions: Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Internationales Kolleg Morphomata
Subjects: Geography and history
History of ancient world
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
Kulturgeschichte, Alte Geschichte, MagieUNSPECIFIED
Related URLs:
Funders: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Projects: Förderkennzeichen 01UK0905
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/12119

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