| URBANOVÁ, Daniela, Daniel VAVŘÍK, Konrad KNAUBER, Ivana KUMPOVÁ, Kateřina BLAŽKOVÁ and Zdeněk ŠÁMAL. Unveiling magic from the middle ages : tomographic reading of a folded lead amulet from Dřevíč fortress (Czech Republic). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Springer, 2020, vol. 12, No 1, p. 1-12. ISSN 1866-9557. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00976-4. |
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@article{1599719,
author = {Urbanová, Daniela and Vavřík, Daniel and Knauber, Konrad and Kumpová, Ivana and Blažková, Kateřina and Šámal, Zdeněk},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00976-4},
keywords = {Christian Amulet; Lead amulet; Virtual unfolding; Computed tomography; Protective magic; Adiuro; Late Carolingian minuscule},
language = {eng},
issn = {1866-9557},
journal = {Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences},
title = {Unveiling magic from the middle ages : tomographic reading of a folded lead amulet from Dřevíč fortress (Czech Republic)},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-019-00976-4},
volume = {12},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1599719
AU - Urbanová, Daniela - Vavřík, Daniel - Knauber, Konrad - Kumpová, Ivana - Blažková, Kateřina - Šámal, Zdeněk
PY - 2020
TI - Unveiling magic from the middle ages : tomographic reading of a folded lead amulet from Dřevíč fortress (Czech Republic)
JF - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
VL - 12
IS - 1
SP - 1-12
EP - 1-12
PB - Springer
SN - 18669557
KW - Christian Amulet
KW - Lead amulet
KW - Virtual unfolding
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Protective magic
KW - Adiuro
KW - Late Carolingian minuscule
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-019-00976-4
L2 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-019-00976-4
N2 - The discovery of a singular magical leaden artefact from the Middle Ages in Central Bohemia provoked the ambition to visualize and decipher the text hidden inside while still keeping the object in its original folded state. To fulfill this goal, several X-ray tomographic scans were done in conjunction with advanced data processing. Though parts of the text still remain inaccessible or unclear, the Dřevíč amulet is the first medieval object of its kind ever to have been successfully virtually unfolded and read. Leaden amulets are still very rare and under-researched finds in the archaeological record, with just over a hundred surviving examples mainly found in Southern Scandinavia and Central Germany. They are testimonies to the once widespread practice of Christian curative magic with roots in older pagan traditions. Comparable charms and blessings are extant in countless medieval manuscripts, while similar amulets written on parchment and most other organic materials have not survived. The information gained through digital imaging revealed not only the amulet bearer’s name but also a number of yet unknown and personalized magic formulae destined to protect the bearer of the artefact unattested elsewhere.
ER -
URBANOVÁ, Daniela, Daniel VAVŘÍK, Konrad KNAUBER, Ivana KUMPOVÁ, Kateřina BLAŽKOVÁ and Zdeněk ŠÁMAL. Unveiling magic from the middle ages : tomographic reading of a folded lead amulet from Dřevíč fortress (Czech Republic). \textit{Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences}. Springer, 2020, vol.~12, No~1, p.~1-12. ISSN~1866-9557. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00976-4.
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