Article ID: CBB743399284

Heilung im kontext von regeneration und sympathielehre: zur rezeption ägyptischer motive in der byzantinischen medizinischen gebrauchsliteratur (2019)

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The Byzantine physician Alexander of Tralles reports quite a number of iatromagical therapies and healing amulets which very often recall Egyptian motifs. The main source for such a Byzantine reception of Egyptian motifs might be the graeco-egyptian papyri, the so called texts of ritual power and their tradition in late antique compilations like Cyranides and Testamentum Salomonis. Some examples of amulets cited by Alexander of Tralles concerning the motif of regeneration show the continuity of some Egyptian motifs during Byzantine and even until post-Byzantine times.

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Authors & Contributors
Reggiani, Nicola
Martelli, Matteo
Ieraci Bio, Anna Maria
Zanforlini, Chiara
Käs, Fabian
Bernabò, Massimo
Concepts
Medicine
Papyri
Manuscripts
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
Byzantine Empire
Magic
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Early modern
Renaissance
6th century
Places
Egypt
Byzantium
Greece
Middle and Near East
Mediterranean region
Europe
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