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Long Life of Magical Objects:

A Study in the Solomonic Tradition
  • ISBN-13: 9780271083674
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Allegra Iafrate
  • Price: AUD $86.99
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  • Local release date: 01/01/2021
  • Format: Paperback 248 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Photography & photographs [AJ]
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Examines a series of powerful artifacts traditionally associated with King Solomon, largely via extra-canonical textual sources--Solomon’s ring, bottles to contain evil forces, the so-called Solomon’s knot, a shamir, and a flying carpet--and traces their varying cultural resonances.


List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Solomon’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Objects from an Uncanonical Collection

1. Magical Objects and Where to Find Them

2. The Signet Ring

3. Bottles for the Demons

4. Much Ado About Knotting

5. The Metamorphic Shamir

6. Carpets and Other Flying Devices

Conclusion: “Of the Cosmopolitan Destiny of Magical Objects”

Notes

Bibliography

Index



“After her Wandering Throne of Solomon, Allegra Iafrate continues her exciting investigations by studying five ‘Solomonic magical objects’: the ring used to control demons; the bottles in which he was said to constrain them; the so-called Solomon’s knot; the shamir, a mythical object, known for its ability to cut through stone; and the flying carpet. This breathtaking study confirms the talent of one of the brightest historians of medieval art of her generation.”

—Jean-Patrice Boudet, Université d'Orléans

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