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

• Diğer Yazarlar: Garcia Probert, Marcela A. (Editör), Sijpesteijn, Petra M. (Editör)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Brill 2022
• Konular: 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
• Online Erişim: 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...