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Památky pozdně antické a raně byzantské apotropaické magie na území města Brna

Title in English The Remains of Late Antique and Early Byzantine Apotropaic Magic in Brno
Authors

FRANEK Juraj

Year of publication 2021
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description In October 2021, mysterious Greek inscriptions started to appear on numerous public buildings in the city of Brno, which displayed marked similarities with in both contents and visual style with the Late Antique protective amulets attested primarily from the Syropalestinian region. The author provided a critical edition of these newly discovered Greek texts and interpreted several important monuments of the Moravian metropolis in the light of the Mediterranean apotropaic magical tradition.
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