Further useful Psalms

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer

doi:10.1515/bz-2022-0052

Further useful Psalms

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer

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An additional witness to the Byzantine tradition of application of Psalms for amuletic and other ritual purposes, conventionally termed “magical”, in a fifteenth-century codex on medicine and the occult sciences (Bologna, BU Ms. 3632), is edited and translated, and its place in the tradition is considered. Combined with another, indirect witness, references to analogous uses of the Psalms by Theodore Balsamon and Matthew Blastares, this evidence strengthens a recent suggestion of broad popularity for the practice in Byzantium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1115-1123
Number of pages	9
Journal	Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Volume	115
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2022-0052
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2022
Externally published	Yes

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