Owen Davies: Art of the Grimoire | Buch

Cover: 9780300272017 | Art of the Grimoire | An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells

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A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks "A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a rare magical text itself. Almost every page is filled with wonder."--Suzi Feay, The Spectator Grimoires, textbooks of magic and occult knowledge, have existed through the ages alongside other magic and religious texts in part because of the need to create a physical record of magical phenomena, but also to enact magic through spells and rituals. To understand the history of these texts is to understand the influence of the major religions, the development of early science, the cultural influence of print, the growth of literacy, the social impact of colonialism, and the expansion of esoteric cultures across the oceans. In more than two hundred color illustrations from ancient times to the present, renowned scholar Owen Davies examines little-studied artistic qualities of grimoires, revealing a unique world of design and imagination. The book takes a global approach, considering Egyptian and Greek papyri, ancient Chinese bamboo scripts, South American pulp prints, and Japanese demon encyclopedias, among other examples. This book will enchant readers interested in the history of magic and science, as well as in book and manuscript history.

Über den Autor

Owen Davies is professor of social history at the University of Hertfordshire and president of the Folklore Society. He is the author of numerous books on the history of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, and popular medicine.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Innenarchitektur & Design
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9780300272017
ISBN-10:	0300272014
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Davies, Owen
Hersteller:	Yale University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	252 x 195 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Owen Davies
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.10.2023
Gewicht:	1,082 kg