The Interplay of Images and Writing in Mafteaḥ Shelomoh: Two Experiments for Escaping from Prison

Mafteaḥ Shelomoh, the Hebrew adaptation of the Clavicula Salomonis, contains a remarkably large number of visual elements, including images and other text-structuring means. This article compares the use of images and image captions of one segulla (an instruction for a magical procedure) in two diff...

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Published in:European journal of jewish studies
Main Author: Kohs, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: European journal of jewish studies
Further subjects:B Jewish magic Mafteaḥ Shelomoh Clavicula Salomonis images in magical texts
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:Mafteaḥ Shelomoh, the Hebrew adaptation of the Clavicula Salomonis, contains a remarkably large number of visual elements, including images and other text-structuring means. This article compares the use of images and image captions of one segulla (an instruction for a magical procedure) in two different manuscripts of the Sefer Mafteaḥ Shelomoh: the ms Oriental 14759 (The British Library, London), and the ms Gollancz. It tries to show how the scribes of the manuscripts were involved in a kind of meta-textual criticism when arranging the textual material anew, adding captions to images and obtaining missing material from alternative sources.
ISSN:1872-471X
Contains:In: European journal of jewish studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-12341300