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Amulets – Bibliography

Some references

 

Anonymous. 1945. Catalogo de la Colección de Amuletos. 35pp., 31 pls. Trabajos y Materiales del Museo del Pueblo Espanõl Madrid. Madrid: Museo del Pueblo Espanõl.  Calaméo - Catálogo de la colección de amuletos, 1945 (calameo.com)

Baronti, G. 2008. Tre bambini e acque sporche. Immersioni nella collezione di amulet di Giuseppe Bellucci. 392 pp. Perugia: Morlacchi Editore.

Bellucci, G. 1881. Catalogo della collezione di amuleti inviata all' Esposizione Nazionale di Milano 1881. 24 pp. Perugia: Vincenzo Bartelli. Catalogo della collezione di amuleti inviata all' Esposizione Nazionale di Milano 1881 : Bellucci, Giuseppe, 1844-1921 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bellucci, G. 1889. Catalogue Descriptif d’une Collection d’amulettes italiennes envoyée à l’exposition universelle de Paris 1889. 81 pp. Pérouse: Imprimerie Boncompagni. [Reprint – Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1980]

Bellucci, G. 1898. Amuleti italiani contemporanei : catalogo descrittivo della collezione inviata all'esposizione nazionale di Torino. 104 pp. Perugia: Unione Tipografica Cooperativa.  Amuleti italiani contemporanei : catalogo descrittivo della collezione inviata all'esposizione nazionale di Torino / [Giuseppe Bellucci]. | Wellcome Collection

Bellucci, G. 1908. Un capitolo di psicologia popolare : gli amuleti. 64 pp. Perugia: Unione Tipografica Cooperativa.

Bellucci, G. 1919. Il Feticismo primitive in Italia e le sue forme di adattamento. 2nd edition. xii + 158 pp. Perugia: Arnaldi Forni Editore.

Bonner, C. 1950. Studies in magical amulets chiefly Greco-Egyptian. xiv + 334 pp., 25 pls. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Studies in magical amulets, chiefly Graeco-Egyptian : Bonner, Campbell, 1876- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bonnemère, L. 1991. Amulettes et talismans. La collection Lionel Bonnemère. 222 pp. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.

Boschung, D. & Bremmer, J.M. 2015. The Materiality of Magic. 422 pp. Paderborn: Verlag Wilhelm Fink.

Bott, G. (ed.): 1994. Das Amulett. Die Magie des Schmucks. 106 pp. Feldkirchen: Museums- und Kulturverein Schloss Albeck.

Budge, E. A. Wallis. 1978. Amulets and Superstitions. xxxix + 543 pp. New York : Dover Publications Inc.

Brieva, A. 2007. Los amuletos y su funcion mágico-religiosa en el antiguo Egipto. 97-142 in: Costa, B., & Fernández, J.H. (eds): Magio y Supersticón en el Mundo Fenicio-Púnica (Eivissa, 2006). Eivissa: Govern de les Illes Balears.

Cadbury, T. 2012. The Charms of Scarborough, London, etc.: The Collecting Networks of Charles Clarke and Edward Lovett. Journal of Museum Ethnography, 25:119–13.

Cadbury, T. 2016. Amulets: The Material Evidence’. 188-208 in Hutton, R (eds): Physical Evidence for Ritual Acts, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Christian Britain – A Feeling for Magic. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Cummins, A. 2016. Textual Evidence for the Material History of Amulets in Seventeenth-Century England. 164-187 in Hutton, R (eds): Physical Evidence for Ritual Acts, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Christian Britain – A Feeling for Magic. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan).

Dent, G. 1964a. The holed stone and its uses. Folk Life, 3 (1): 68–78.

Dent, G. 1964b. The Witchstone in Ulster and England. Ulster Folklife, 10: 46–8.

Endreffy, K., Nagy, A.M. & Spier, J. 2019. Magical gems in their contexts : proceedings of the international workshop held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 16-18 February 2012. Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider.

Estapé, L.B. 1971-1972. Catálogo inventario de las piezas egipcias del Museo Episcopal de Vic. Ampurias (Barcelona), 33-34: 209-250.

Ettlinger, E. 1939. British Amulets in London Museums. Folklore, 50 (2): 148–175.

Ettlinger, E. 1965. The Hildburgh Collection of Austrian and Bavarian Amulets in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Folklore, 76 (2):

Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. 1923. Folklore: Cauls. Notes and Queries, 12: 9–10.

Fuentes, E.B. 2009. Una antigua medalla de Covadonga reutilizada como amuleto protector en un perro guardián de ganado. D&M, 15 (November-December): 2 pages (unpaginated).

Gardela, L. 2014. Scandinavian Amulets in Viking Age Poland. Collectio Archaeologica Ressoviensis, 33: 1-166. 

González, A.V. 2012. Los amuletos de la «tumba nº 5» de la necrópolis orientalizante de les casetes (villajoyosa, alicante). Lucentum, 31: 91-114.

González-Wippler, M. 2001. Talismane und Amulette. Die magische Welt der Glücksbringer und Schutzsymbole. Kreuzlingen/München: Hugendubel.

González-Wippler, M. 2012. The complete book of amulets and talismans. xvii + 275 pp. Woodbury: Llewellyn Publications.

Grande, M.J.L. 2007 Los amuletos y su funcion mágico-religiosa en el antiguo Egipto. 49-96 in: Costa, B., & Fernández, J.H. (eds): Magio y Supersticón en el Mundo Fenicio-Púnica (Eivissa, 2006). Eivissa: Govern de les Illes Balears.

Gregor, A.S. 1975. Amulets, talismans, and fetishes: including a dictionary of amulets. 120 pp. Atheneum.

Hansmann, L. & Kriss-Rettenbeck, L. 1977. Amulett. Magie Talisman. 443 pp. Hamburg: Nikolverlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.

Hanson, A.E. 1995. Uterine amulets and Greek uterine medicine. Medicina nei Secoli, 7(2):281-99.

Hildburgh, W L. 2012. Cowrie Shells as Amulets in Europe. Folklore, 53 (4):178–195.

Howes, M. 1975. Amulets. London: Hale.

Junker, E. 2000. Vom Amulett zur Vorsorgemedizin : der Kampf gegen Seuchen in Wien im Wandel der Zeiten. 120 pp. Wien: Lieras.

Kerler,C. & Kerler, K. 1977. Geheime Welt der Talismane und Amulette. 98 pp. Rosenheimer.

Knuf, A. & Knuf, J. 1994. Amulette und Talismane. Symbole des magischen Alltags. 194 pp. Köln: DuMont Buchverlag.

Kotansky, R.D. 1994. Greek magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze Lamellae. Part 1. Published Texts of Known Provenance. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag

Krall, J. 1892. Koptische Amulete. 8 pp. Vienna: Nationalbibliothek.

Kiyanrad, S., Theis, C. & & Willer, L. (eds). 2018. Bild und Schrift auf magischen Artefakten. 260 pp. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Kriss-Rettenbeck, R. 1971. Bilder und Zeichen religiösen Volksglaubens. 186 pp. München: Verlag Georg. W. Callwey.

Laars, R.H. 1988. Das Buch der Amulette und Talsimane. 311pp. München: Eugen Diederichs Verlag.

Lecouteux, C. 2014. The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft. Vii + 264 pp. Rochester: Inner traditions.

Lefèvre-Pontalis, P. 1926. Notes sur les Amulettes Siamoises. 49 pp. Paris : P. Geuthner.

Lopez, J.A.M. & Conde, J.S.R. 2015. La colección de amuletos fálicos romanos del Museo Histórico Municipal de Baena (Córdoba). Antiquitas, 27: 95-110.

Lovett, E. 1925. Magic in Modern London. Croydon: Advertiser Offices.

Meaney, A.L. 1981. Anglo-Saxon amuets and curing stones. British Archaeological Reports. xxxi + 364 pp.

Michel, S. 2004. Die Magischen Gemmen : zu Bildern und Zauberformeln auf geschnittenen Steinen der Antike und Neuzeit. xvi + 580 pp. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.

Morris, D. Morris, D. 1999. Bodyguards. Protective Amulets and Charms. Shaftesbury: Element.

Münger, S. 2013. Egyptian Stamp-Seal Amulets and Their Implications for the Chronology of the Early Iron Age. Tel Aviv 30 (1): 66–82.

Münsterer, H.O. 1983. Amulettkreuze und Kreuzamulette. 252 pp. Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet.

Navarro-Cia, O. 2016. La coleccion de amuletos egipcios de la Familia Matthews-Beyens. Estudio Preliminar. Construyendo la antigüedad Actas del III Congreso Internacional de Jóvenes Investigadores del Mundo Antiguo (CIJIMA III): 123-155.

Naveh, J. & Shaked, S. 1985. Amulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic incantations of Late Antiquity. 293 pp. Leiden: E.J. Brill.

Pachinger, A. M. 2015. Glaube und Aberglaube im Steinreich. 115 pp. Graz: Edition Geheimes Wissen.

Paine, S. 2004. Amulets: sacred Charms of Power and Protection. 192 pp. Rochester: Inner traditons.

Pavitt, W.T. & Pavitt, K.. 1922. The book of talismans. xvii + 275 pp. London: Rider.

Pérez, C.G. 2015. O ‘Campano’ dos Ancares: Adorno ou Amuleto? Portugalia, new series, 36: 207-215.

Petrie, W.M.F. 1914. Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London. 58 pp., 54 pls. London: Constable & Company.

Reisner, M.G.A. 1907. Catalogue Générale des Antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Amulets. 198 pp., 25 pls. Cairo: Institute Francais d’Archéologie Orientale.

Ritner, R.K. 1984. A Uterine Amulet in the Oriental Institute Collection. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 43 (3): 209-221.

Roman, A. 1987. Catalogo de Amuletos del Museo del Pueblo Espanõl. 172pp. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura. [Digital edition 2011] Catálogo de amuletos del Museo del Pueblo Español, 1987 (calameo.com)

Self Weeks, W. 1910. Witch Stones and Charms in Clitheroe and District. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 27: 104–110.

Skemer, D. 2006. Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press.

Skemer, D. 2015. Magic Writ: Textual Amulets Worn on the Body for Protection. in Kehnel, A, Panagiotopoulos, D (eds): Schriftträger - Textträger: Zur materialen Präsenz des Geschriebenen in frühen Gesellschaften. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH.

Soto, S.I. 2001. La colección de amuletos de la Casa Santesteban de Puente la Reina en el Museo Etnológico de Navarra "Julio Caro Baroja". Cuadernos de etnología y etnografía de Navarra, 76: 53-64.

Thwaite, A. 2019. A history of amulets in ten objects. Science Museum Group Journal. A history of amulets in ten objects - Science Museum Group Journal

Varner, G.R. 2008. The History & Use of Amulets, Charms and Talismans. 189 pp. Lulu Press.

Varon, A. I. D-P. & Matte, I.M.Z. 2013. Estudio, diagnostico y propuesta de intervencion para una coleccion de amuletos populares espanoles. Conserva, 18: 71-85.

Villers, E. 1923. The Mascot Book. vi + 192 pp. London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd.

Vitellozzi, P. 2018. Relations Between Magical Texts and Magical Gems. 181-253. IN: Kiyanrad, S., Theis, C. & & Willer, L. (eds). Bild und Schrift auf 'magischen' Artefakten. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Walsh, J. J. 1912. Amulets, talismans, charms. 60-63 In J. J. Walsh, Psychotherapy: Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease. D. Appleton & Company.

Watteck, A. 2004. Amulette und Talismane : traditionelle Amulette des süddeutschen Sprachraumes und der Alpenländer; mit Bildbeispielen vorwiegend aus der Sammlung Watteck. 83 pp. Oberndorf: Dominikus Guggenberger.

Waegeman, M. 1987. Amulet and Alphabet. Magical amulets in the first book of Cyranides. 231 pp. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben.

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