The Interplay of Images and Writing in Mafteaḥ Shelomoh: Two Experiments for Escaping from Prison
Mafteaḥ Shelomoh, the Hebrew adaptation of the Clavicula Salomonis, contains a remarkably large number of visual elements, including images and other text-structuring means. This article compares the use of images and image captions of one segulla (an instruction for a magical procedure) in two diff...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish magic
Mafteaḥ Shelomoh
Clavicula Salomonis
images in magical texts
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Mafteaḥ Shelomoh, the Hebrew adaptation of the Clavicula Salomonis, contains a remarkably large number of visual elements, including images and other text-structuring means. This article compares the use of images and image captions of one segulla (an instruction for a magical procedure) in two different manuscripts of the Sefer Mafteaḥ Shelomoh: the ms Oriental 14759 (The British Library, London), and the ms Gollancz. It tries to show how the scribes of the manuscripts were involved in a kind of meta-textual criticism when arranging the textual material anew, adding captions to images and obtaining missing material from alternative sources. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Contains: | In: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-12341300 |
