The Long Life of Magical Objects A Study in the Solomonic Tradition Magic in History 1st Edition by Allegra Iafrate ISBN 0271083662 9780271083667

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ISBN 10: 0271083662 
ISBN 13: 9780271083667
Author: Allegra Iafrate

This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultural resonance throughout history, art historian Allegra Iafrate delivers exciting insights into these objects and interrogates the ways in which magic manifests itself at a material level.

Each chapter focuses on a different Solomonic object: a ring used to control demons; a mysterious set of bottles that constrain evil forces; an endless knot or seal with similar properties; the shamir, known for its supernatural ability to cut through stone; and a flying carpet that can bring the sitter anywhere he desires. Taken together, these chapters constitute a study on the reception of the figure of Solomon, but they are also cultural biographies of these magical objects and their inherent aesthetic, morphological, and technical qualities.

Thought-provoking and engaging, Iafrate’s study shows how ancient magic artifacts live on in our imagination, in items such as Sauron’s ring of power, Aladdin’s lamp, and the magic carpet. It will appeal to historians of art, religion, folklore, and literature.

The Long Life of Magical Objects A Study in the Solomonic Tradition Magic in History 1st Table of contents:

1. Magical Objects and Where to Find Them

2. The Signet Ring

3. Bottles for the Demons

4. Much Ado About Knotting

5. The Metamorphic Shamir

6. Carpets and Other Flying Devices

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