The Iconography of Magic Images of Power and the Power of Images in Ancient and Late Antique Magic |
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| Editor:
| Martin Hernandez, R. |
| Series title: | Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-429-4883-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2022 |
| Publisher: | Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $125.00USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThe 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.