The iconography of magic : images of power and the power of images in ancient and late antique magic /

The iconography of magic : images of power and the power of images in ancient and late antique magic /

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Imprint:	Leuven : Peeters, [2022] ©2022
Description:	xix, 195 pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in the history and anthropology of religion ; 7 Studies in the history and anthropology of religion ; 7.
Subject:	Magic, Ancient. Magic, Greek. Magic, Roman. Coptic magic. Magic paraphernalia -- History. Coptic magic. Magic, Ancient. Magic, Greek. Magic paraphernalia. Magic, Roman. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13015997

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Other authors / contributors:	Martin Hernández, Raquel, editor.
ISBN:	9789042948822 9042948825 9789042948839
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	"The study of magical texts of the Classical, Greco-Roman and Late Antique World has experienced a remarkable impulse since the last decades of the twentieth century until today. The so-called "material turn" in philological studies has promoted an ever-growing interest in the study of the materiality and other non-textual components of ancient documents, which has favored interdisciplinary studies aimed at a holistic approach to ancient texts. From this perspective, the articles collected in this volume offer a series of in-depth case studies of images and other paratextual elements of magical artifacts. Comparative studies, statistical analyses, image-text interconnections, and other analytical possibilities are applied to achieve a greater understanding of the magical objects in question, as well as of the belief system in which they were produced. The book illustrates the importance of iconographic analysis as a fundamental part of understanding Antiquity, its ritual texts, and its magical objects."
Standard no.:	9789042948822

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