The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition - Couverture souple

Iafrate, Allegra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271083670 ISBN 13 : 9780271083674

Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultural resonance throughout history, art historian Allegra Iafrate delivers exciting insights into these objects and interrogates the ways in which magic manifests itself at a material level.

Each chapter focuses on a different Solomonic object: a ring used to control demons; a mysterious set of bottles that constrain evil forces; an endless knot or seal with similar properties; the shamir, known for its supernatural ability to cut through stone; and a flying carpet that can bring the sitter anywhere he desires. Taken together, these chapters constitute a study on the reception of the figure of Solomon, but they are also cultural biographies of these magical objects and their inherent aesthetic, morphological, and technical qualities.

Thought-provoking and engaging, Iafrate's study shows how ancient magic artifacts live on in our imagination, in items such as Sauron's ring of power, Aladdin's lamp, and the magic carpet. It will appeal to historians of art, religion, folklore, and literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Allegra Iafrate is the author of The Wandering Throne of Solomon: Objects and Tales of Kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0271083670
• ISBN 13: 9780271083674
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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