The Metamorphosis of Magic from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period Bremmer, Jan N.; Veenstra, Jan R.

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1 University of Groningen The Metamorphosis of Magic from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period Bremmer, Jan N.; Veenstra, Jan R. IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2002 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Bremmer, J. N., & Veenstra, J. R. (2002). The Metamorphosis of Magic from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. Leuven-Paris: Peeters. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date:

2 The Metamorphosis of Magic fiom Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

3 GRONINGEN STUDIES IN CULTURAL CHANGE GENERAL EDITOR M. Gosman EDITORIAL BOARD J. N. Bremmer, G. J. Dorleijn, W. E. Krul, A. A. MacDonald, B. H. Stolte, A. J. Vanderjagt Volume I

4 The Metamorphosis of Magic fiom Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period EDITED BY Jan N. Bremmer and Jan R. Veenstra PEETERS LEUVEN - PARIS - DUDLEY, MA

5 The cover illustration shows the eleventh painting of Salomon Trismosin's Splendor Solis (Ms. germ. fol. 42, BI. 32r, reproduced with kind permission of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz). Oviditis der Alre Romer hat dergleichen an gezeigt: von den Weisen AIten der sich da wolte widerumb verjungen. / Er solze sich lassen zerteilen und kochen bis zu seiner Volkommenen kochung / und nicht firbaj. / Dann wiirden sich die glider widerumben verainigen / und wurden Jungen in Vie1 Criifften. The reference is to the rejuvenation of Aeson and the punishment of Pelias in Ovid's Metamorphoses VII In the image, the Saturnine Alchemist in his cauldron is subjected to "ablution or purification". The dove descending onto his head shows that the whitening work has been initiated whereby black matter is metamorphosed into white. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The metamorphosis of magic from late antiquity to the early modem period/ edited by Jan N. Bremmer and Jan R. Veenstra. p. cm. -- (Groningen studies in cultural change; v. 1) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (alk. paper) 1. Magic--History. I. Bremmer, Jan N. 11. Veenstra, Jan R., 1939-IIT. Series. ISBN D. 2002/0602/145 O Peeters, Bondgenotenlaan 153, 3000 Leuven No part of this book may be used or reproduced in ally foini by print, photoprint, n~icrofilnl or any other- means u~ithorrt pernlissioi~ fr-om the publisher.

6 CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements vii Introduction: The Metamorphosis of Magic Jan N. Bremmer and Jan R. Veenstra Contributors The Birth of the Term 'Magic' Jan N. Bremmer Magic in the Dead Sea Scrolls Florentino Garcia Martinez The Testament of Solomon from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance Sarah nes Johnston Magic in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles Jan N. Bremmer Supernatural Assistance in the Greek Magical Papyri: The Figure of the Parhedros Anna Scibilia Augustine and Magic Fritz Graf Magic and Byzantine Law in the Seventh Century Bernard H. Stolte Magic in English Thirteenth-Century Miracle Collections Valerie I. J. Flint The Ever-Changing Nature of the Beast: Cultural Change, Lycanthropy and the Question of Substantial Transformation (From Petronius to Del Rio) Jan R. Veenstra

7 vi CONTENTS Astral Magic and Intellectual Changes (Twelfth-Fifteenth Centuries): 'Astrological Images' and the Concept of 'Addressative' Magic Nicolas Weill-Parot 167 The Holy Almandal: Angels and the Intellectual Aims of Magic Appendix: The Art Almadel of Solomon (BL, rns. Sloane 2731) Jan R. Veenstra 189 The Complete Nature of Christ: Sources and Structures of a Christological Theurgy in the Works of Johannes Reuchlin Bemd Roling 23 1 Appendix: Magic and Religion Jan N. Bremmer Bibliography 273 Index 307