Marking Segulah in the Illuminated Bibles of Jewish Iberia

The power ascribed to the Bible codex was expressed by the word Segulah, which in biblical Hebrew translates as "treasured possession." In the later Middle Ages, however, this word is better translated as "remedy" or "occult virtue," reflecting an infusion of medical an...

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Main Author: Harris, Julie A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 148-179
Further subjects:B Hebrew Bible
B Profiat Duran
B seder marks
B Segulah
B Memory
B Amulets
B Illumination
B Tetragrammaton
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