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Born under a Lucky Star: Interpretations of Woodcuts of Pseudo-astrological Birth Amulets from German-Jewish Printing Houses in the 18th Century

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dc.creatorMeininghaus, Alisha
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T09:25:17Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T09:25:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe subject of this article are illustrations of the zodiac signs on birth amulets from German-Jewish printing houses from the 18th century. These woodcuts are part of a long tradition of astrological references in Jewish art and literature. However, it is noticeable that the amulet texts do not contain any astrological topics. Therefore, the question arises in which relation the woodcuts stand to the text and the function of the amulets. By contextualizing the images with other contemporary traditions of illustration, three interpretation models are developed which can explain the choice of the zodiac signs on the amulets.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25364/05.7:2021.1.4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19541
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/240
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20736
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSchüren
dc.publisher.placeMarburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2617-3697
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal for Religion, Film and Media
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
dc.subjectInterpretationen
dc.subjectWoodcutsen
dc.subjectAmuletsen
dc.subjectGerman-Jewishen
dc.subjectPrinting Housesen
dc.subject.ddcddc:200
dc.titleBorn under a Lucky Star: Interpretations of Woodcuts of Pseudo-astrological Birth Amulets from German-Jewish Printing Houses in the 18th Centuryen
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeArticleen
local.coverpage2023-05-23T11:41:29
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/240
local.source.epage65
local.source.issue1
local.source.issueTitleMateriality of Writing. Reconsidering Religious Texts
local.source.spage45
local.source.volume7

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