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Magical gems in their contexts : proceedings of the International Workshop held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 16-18 February 2012
340 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations (some color)
- Includes bibliographical references.
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ISBN: 9788891313003
SERIES
DISCIPLINES
SUBJECTS HEADINGS
- Gems -- Rome -- Congresses
- Glyptics -- Rome -- Congresses
- Magic, Roman -- Congresses
- Rome -- Religious life and customs
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In this volume
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Magical Gem Amulets from Caesarea Maritima : Intact and Broken Hematite Intaglios
- The Use of Engraved Gems and Rings in Ancient Jewish Magic
- One God May Hide Another : Magical Gems in a Cross-Cultural Context
- Magical Signs : An Extraordinary Phenomenon or Just Business as Usual?Analysing Decoration Patterns on Magical Gems
- Magical Gems as Miniature Amuletic Statues
- Jesus the Magician? : a Crucifi xion Amulet and its Date
- Two Magical Gems from the Roman Cemetery in Thessaloniki
- Pilulae and Bound Pendants: Roman and Merovingian Amulets
- The Gems of Greco-Roman Literature : Real Features and Symbolic Reconfiguration
- Iconographies of Ialdabaōth
- Vom Erhellen des Verdunkelten und Sichtbarmachen des unsichtbar Gedachten : Zur Ausstellung als Medium der Wissenschaftskommunikation
- Figuring out the Anguipes Gems, bis : A Statistical Overview
- Mason or Priest? : a Comparison between Graeco-Roman Signs on Magical Amulets and Symbols in Egyptian Quarries
- From Egyptian Traditions to Magical Gems : Possibilities and Pitfalls in Scholarly Analysis
- Magical Gems from Collections in the Czech Republic
- Solomon and Asmodaios on Greco-Roman Magical Amulets and Rings
- Uterine Amulets : Amulets that Protect the Uterus or that Reinforce Erotic Desire?
- The Sword of Dardanos : New Thoughts on a Magical Gem in Perugia
- Dating Magical Gems
- List of Contributors
- Plates