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Magic (2012) by Owen Davies & other volumes of Oxford’s Very Short Introductions series (Browsable Reference area, 5th Floor Special Research Collections @OU_Libraries) #HistSTM #HistMagic #magic https://t.co/ZWtvRDjH3k
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A #magic seal to protect all good #dogs from loud, scary #storms: Quando audieris tonitruu(m) respice hoc signum & liberaberis; In no(m)i(n)e p(at)ris (When you hear #thunder, look at this seal & you will be freed—In the name of the Father). #Manuscripts #HistMagic
“her is a charme for wykkede wiȝhtes”, in case any of you need it. #Manuscripts #HistMed #HistMagic #AlwaysBePrepared
Onomantic¹ texts in a manuscript of intriguing format held in @WellcomeLibrary. #Manuscripts #HistMed #HistMagic
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¹ divination by numbers corresponding to letters of a name
This is a neat one: most of the charm is in #Latin, but the formula—underlined in this image—is in #MiddleEnglish: “I prey to god almyty fadre alweldyng sone …”. #Manuscripts #HistMagic #Magic
[Repost with new colour annotation lest previous version wasn’t colourblind-friendly
"The Devil and the Drum" from the frontispiece to the third edition of *Saducismus Triumphatus* (1700). The image is of the Drummer of Tedworth - an alleged poltergeist at the home of John Mompesson in 1661.
#Folklore #ModernSpiritualism #PsychicalResearch #EarlyModern #HistMagic
At BBC studio ready for live radio interview with @abcaustralia. Tune in wherever, whenever for more on @hpscasebooks. @CambridgeHPS #histmed @doctorforman #astrology #histmagic
This is a public service announcement. Please can we decide on a single agreed hashtag for the history of magic. I have no fixed preference but the options around seem to be: #historyofmagic #magichistory #histmagic. Any others?
But does it work? Playful magic and the question of a recipe’s purpose. A post by one of our new members: @melkatrey! https://t.co/GWQ7P48tsy #histmagic #histrecipes
@migdal96 @KMontanaJordan But see this article by @Miraselena01 on @thewildhunt: https://t.co/73yHyKVbyb #factchecking #histmagic
#earlymodernevents #magic #histmagic #histsci #histSTM #twitterstorians #earlymodern #allthehashtags #lookssocool https://t.co/ZH44gPqFg7
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