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

• Другие авторы: Garcia Probert, Marcela A. (Редактор), Sijpesteijn, Petra M. (Редактор)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Brill 2022
• Предметы: 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
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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...