Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon

This paper examines the significance and authority of a written text intimately linked to an oral performance. In some Byzantine and post Byzantine unofficial rituals of exorcism, the names of the daemon are uttered but it is also specified that they have to be written by way of protection. These ex...

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Main Author: Maria Patera
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Language:English
Published: Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques 2010-01-01
Series:Cahiers Mondes Anciens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/139
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description This paper examines the significance and authority of a written text intimately linked to an oral performance. In some Byzantine and post Byzantine unofficial rituals of exorcism, the names of the daemon are uttered but it is also specified that they have to be written by way of protection. These exorcisms may also function as phylacteries. The paper will determine the different roles these ritual scripts may play when combined to an oral exorcist performance.
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Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon
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title Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon
title_full Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon
title_fullStr Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon
title_full_unstemmed Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon
title_short Exorcismes et phylactères byzantins : écrire, énoncer les noms du démon
title_sort exorcismes et phylacteres byzantins ecrire enoncer les noms du demon
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url https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/139
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