Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context Transmission, Efficacy and Collections

• अन्य लेखक: Garcia Probert, Marcela A. (संपादक), Sijpesteijn, Petra M. (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Brill 2022
• विषय: Middle Eastern history; Islamic life & practice; Islamic studies; amulets; collecting; healing; Islam; library collections; magic; manuscripts; medieval; museum collections; pre-modern; primary source material; primary sources
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In this volume amulets and talismans are studied within a broader system of meaning that shapes how they were manufactured, activated and used in different networks. Text, material features and the environments in which these artifacts circulated, are studied alongside each other, resulting in an in...