Further useful Psalms

An additional witness to the Byzantine tradition of application of Psalms for amuletic and other ritual purposes, conventionally termed "magical", in a fifteenth-century codex on medicine and the occult sciences (Bologna, BU Ms. 3632), is edited and translated, and its place in the traditi...

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Main Author: Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2022
In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2022, Volume: 115, Issue: 3, Pages: 1115-1124
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Summary:An additional witness to the Byzantine tradition of application of Psalms for amuletic and other ritual purposes, conventionally termed "magical", in a fifteenth-century codex on medicine and the occult sciences (Bologna, BU Ms. 3632), is edited and translated, and its place in the tradition is considered. Combined with another, indirect witness, references to analogous uses of the Psalms by Theodore Balsamon and Matthew Blastares, this evidence strengthens a recent suggestion of broad popularity for the practice in Byzantium.
ISSN:1868-9027
Contains:Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/bz-2022-0052