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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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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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