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Vanishing acts on ancient Greek amulets : from oral performance to visual design
- Title
- Vanishing acts on ancient Greek amulets : from oral performance to visual design / Christopher A. Faraone.
- Author
- Faraone, Christopher A.
- Publication
- London : Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- University of London. Institute of Classical Studies, publisher.
- Description
- xii, 105 pages (some folded) : illustrations (black and white, and colour); 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement ; 115
- Uniform Title
- Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement ; 115.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of figures -- Introduction: oral performance and epigraphic habit -- Fever: palindromes, confrontation and containment -- Bleeding: the evolution of a vox magica -- Headache and sore throat: vanishing acts as expulsion rituals -- Conclusions: a tentative history of disappearing speech-acts -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Survey of wing- and heart-shaped names in magical texts: Amulets ; Non-amuletic magic -- Indexes: Subject index ; Magical texts and gems ; Index of foreign words ; Index locorum.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-593
- ISBN
- 9781905670406 (paperback)
- 1905670400 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 827949348
- Author
- Faraone, Christopher A., author.
- Title
- Vanishing acts on ancient Greek amulets : from oral performance to visual design / Christopher A. Faraone.
- Publisher
- London : Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement ; 115Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement ; 115.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Added Author
- University of London. Institute of Classical Studies, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-593