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

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

Author(s) -

Salvatore Costanza

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

zbornik radova vizantoloskog instituta

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2406-0917

pISSN - 0584-9888

DOI - 10.2298/zrvi1754303c

Subject(s) - byzantine architecture , formulary , relation (database) , order (exchange) , opera , art , humanities , history , classics , literature , medicine , computer science , family medicine , database , finance , economics

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.

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