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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and religion.
- Religious articles.
- Ritual in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- 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.
- 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. 680683 and 685686)
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Mar 2025)
- ISBN:
- 9783110479201
- 3110479206
- 9783110477368
- 311047736X
- OCLC:
- 1353269475
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