Inscribed Power
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Inscribed Power

Amulets and Magic in Early Spanish Literature

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Inscribed Power

Amulets and Magic in Early Spanish Literature

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In Inscribed Power, Ryan D. Giles explores the function of amuletic prayers, divine names, and incantation formulas that were inscribed and printed on parchment, paper and other media, and at the same time inserted into classic literary works in Spain.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: Literary Amulets
  5. 1. Amuletic Manuscripts
  6. 2. Naming God
  7. 3. Amuletic Voices
  8. 4. The Bawd’s Amulet
  9. 5. Outlaw Prayers
  10. Postscript: Amuletic Afterlives
  11. Notes
  12. Works Cited
  13. Index