Trattati metabizantini di magia sulla vita Coniugale (BIEE 223 ff. 84r-85v; 210 ff. 37r-v, 63r-v, 82v)

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Title: Trattati metabizantini di magia sulla vita Coniugale (BIEE 223 ff. 84r-85v; 210 ff. 37r-v, 63r-v, 82v)
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Author: Salvatore, Costanza
Journal: Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta
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Issue: 54
Start page: 303
End page: 322
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URL: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98881754303C
Date: 2017-2020/03/14/00:17:41
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.
Keywords: liturgy, apotropaic magic, botanica magica, iatromancy, iatromanzia, liturgia, magia apotropaica, magical herbs, phylakteria