Characters and magic signs in the Picatrix and other Medieval magic texts

dc.contributor.authorLáng, Benedek
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T11:06:48Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T11:06:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-01
dc.description.abstractThe word „characters” covers a number of different phenomena in the Middle Ages. It might refer to a list of incomprehensible signs and astrological symbols inscribed in a talismanic sigil, to a series of Latin letters used for magical purposes, and also to a written form of verbal incantation, a written charm. Characters were often used in the field of talismanic or celestial magic in order to name spiritual beings. The paper reviews the use of characters in various medieval sources: textual amulets, necromantic manuals, texts on talismanic magic and the most famous medieval magical summary, the Picatrix.en
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dc.identifier.citationActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, Vol. 47 (2011) , 69–77
dc.identifier.eissn2732-3390
dc.identifier.issn0418-453X
dc.identifier.jatitleActa Class. Univ. Sci. Debr.
dc.identifier.jtitleActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317307en
dc.identifier.volume47
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/classica/article/view/8017
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis
dc.subjectArs Notoriaen
dc.subjectAugustineen
dc.subjectcharacteren
dc.subjectFloronen
dc.subjectIsidore of Sevilleen
dc.subjectLiber runarumen
dc.subjectmagicen
dc.subjectMiddle Agesen
dc.subjectPicatrixen
dc.subjectThābit ibn Qurraen
dc.subjectWilliam of Auvergneen
dc.titleCharacters and magic signs in the Picatrix and other Medieval magic textsen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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