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- Die Magischen Gemmen Im Britischen Museum
Die Magischen Gemmen Im Britischen Museum
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This impressive, scholarly two-volume work publishes the entire collection of 649 magical gems in the British Museum, the largest collection in the world. Arranged chronologically, the catalogue begins with Egyptian gems which present religious images and/or inscriptions dedicated to the sun or moon. Much of the volume catalogues Jewish and Christian gems that depict motifs of the zodiac, medicinal magic and religious subjects and deities, themes which continued on magical gems into the modern period. Each entry includes an illustration and a detailed description of the composition, material, associated information from papyri and magical texts and a discussion of the magical properties and powers evoked by the gem. The index and plates are presented in the second volume. German text.
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