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Libra Esoterica

Magic and Divination in Malay Illustrated Manuscripts

by Farouk Yahya

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

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This book offers an integrated study of the texts and images of illustrated Malay manuscripts on magic and divination from private and public collections in Malaysia, the UK and Indonesia. Containing some of the rare examples of Malay painting, these manuscripts provide direct evidence for the intercultural connections between the Malay region, other parts of Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. In this richly illustrated volume many images and texts are gathered for the first time, making this book essential reading for all those interested in the practice of magic and divination, and the history of Malay, Southeast Asian and Islamic manuscript art.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition title
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “divination”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the title, “Divination” in the description, “Divination” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “divination”· via OpenAlex
    • “Divination”· in title
    • “Divination”· in description
    • “Divination”· in subject
    • “Divination”· in edition title

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OpenAlex scholarly book record

2015-10-26—English—Unknown

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