Trattati metabizantini di magia sulla vita coniugale (BIEE 223 ff. 84r–85v; 210 ff. 37r–v, 63r–v, 82v)
Postbizantine Treaties of Magic on Conjugal Life (BIEE 223 ff. 84r–85v; 210 ff. 37r–v, 63r–v, 82v)
Author(s): Salvatore CostanzaSubject(s): Cultural history, Health and medicine and law, 15th Century
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU
Keywords: apotropaic magic; iatromancy; liturgy; phylakteria; magical herbs
Summary/Abstract: The article presents magical prayers employed in post-Byzantine manuscripts from Athenian Library of Historical and Ethnological Association of 18th–19th centuries, in order to ensure protection against impotence and a happy coupledom. Here, biblical and liturgical texts are often quoted in closer relation to official life of Greek-Orthodoxe Church. A formulary shows not trivial knowledge of medical plants and their uses, especially with anxiolytic effects.
Journal: Зборник радова Византолошког института
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 54
- Page Range: 303-322
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Italian