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Magikon zōon

Animal et magie dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge

Magikon zōon. Animal and magic from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

The overlap of two marginal topics in history – magic and animals – may at first seem more marginal still, but the purpose of this volume is to demonstrate that from these vital margins we may find new perspectives on and understandings of ancient and mediaeval societies.

Recent decades have seen increasing interest in magic and related topics. The publication of the corpus of Greek magical papyri by Karl Preisendanz and his collaborators (1928-1931), and the History of Magic and Exper...


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  • Publisher : Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes
  • Series : Bibliothèque d’Histoire des Textes | 2
  • Place of publication : Paris ; Orléans
  • Year of publication : 2022
  • Published on OpenEdition Books : 26 septembre 2022
  • EAN (Print version) : 978-2-493209-03-0
  • Electronic EAN : 978-2-493209-07-8
  • DOI : 10.4000/books.irht.537
  • Number of pages : 752 p.
Korshi Dosoo and Jean-Charles Coulon
L’animal magique : une introduction
Korshi Dosoo and Jean-Charles Coulon
The Magical Animal: An Introduction

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