Bernd-Christian Otto / Daniel Bellingradt
Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe
- Springer International Publishing
- 2017
- Gebunden
- 176 Seiten
- ISBN 9783319595245
This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140 manuscripts of ¿learned magic¿ that was sold for a fantastic sum within the clandestine channels of the German book trade in the early eighteenth century. The book will interpret this collection from two angles ¿ as an artefact of the early modern book market as well as the longue-durée tradition of Western learned magic ¿, thus taking a new stance towards scribal texts that are often regarded as eccentric, peripheral, or marginal. The study is structured by the apparent exceptionality, scarcity, and illegality of the collection, and provides chapters on clandestine activities in European book
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