04117nam a2200541Ka 4500 ocn715868100 OCoLC 20200709055347.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110428s2010 ne af ob 101 0 eng d N$T N$T 9789004179042 9004179046 9789047441397 (electronic bk.) 9047441397 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)715868100 362210 (N$T) e------ BF1591 .M3444 2010eb OCC 028000 bisacsh OCC 026000 bisacsh 133.4/3094 22 N$TA Magical Practice in the Latin-speaking Empire (Late Republic to Late Antiquity) (2005 : University of Zaragoza) Magical practice in the Latin West [electronic resource] : papers from the international conference held at the University of Zaragoza, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 2005 / edited by Richard L. Gordon and Francisco Marco Simón. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. 1 online resource (xxvi, 676 p., [28] p. of plates) : ill. Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; v. 168 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction / Richard Gordon and Francisco Marco Simon -- Part I. The discourse of magic -- Magus and its cognates in classical Latin / James B. Rives -- Magic in the Roman historians / Matthew W. Dickie -- Heretical texts and maleficium in the Codex Theodosianus (CTh . 16.5.34) / María Victoria Escribano Paño -- Part II. Revising the corpus -- The defixiones from the sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna in Mainz / Jürgen Blänsdorf -- Religion and magic at Rome : the Fountain of Anna Perenna / Marina Piranomonte -- The texts from the Fons Annae Perennae / Jürgen Blänsdorf -- Cursing a thief in Iberia and Britain / Roger Tomlin -- Prayers for justice in East and West : recent finds and publications / Henk S. Versnel -- Part III. Writing defixiones : models, language, and aims -- How does magical language work? : the spells and formulae of the Latin defixionum tabellae / Amina Kropp -- Inversion, adversion and perversion as strategies in some Latin curse tablets / Christopher Faraone and Amina Kropp -- Execrating the Roman power : three defixiones from Emporiae (Ampurias) / Francisco Marco Simón -- Part IV. Protective, eudaemonic, and divinatory magic -- Nails for the dead : a polysemic account of an ancient funerary practice / Silvia Alfayé Villa -- Magic at sea : amulets for navigation / Sabino Perea Yébenes -- A prayer for blessings on three ritual objects at Chartres-Autricum (France/Eure-et-loir) / Richard Gordon, Dominique Joly, and William van Andringa -- Mithraism and magic / Jaime Alvar Ezquerrez -- A visigothic charm from Asturias and the classical tradition of Phylacteries against hail / Francisco Javier Fernandez Nieto -- Between Orthodox belief and "superstition" in Visigothic Hispania / Isabel Velázquez Soriano -- Celtic Loricae and ancient magical charms / Pierre-Yves Lambert. Description based on print version record. Magic Europe History Congresses. Magie. swd Römisches Reich Westprovinzen. swd BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Magick Studies bisacsh BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft & Wicca bisacsh Kongress. Zaragoza (2005) Electronic books. Gordon, R. L. (Richard Lindsay) Marco Simón, Francisco. Print version: Magical Practice in the Latin-speaking Empire (Late Republic to Late Antiquity) (2005 : University of Zaragoza). Magical practice in the Latin West. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004179042 (DLC) 2009041611 (OCoLC)455871534 Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 168. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=362210 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50320 50320