Editorial(Whole roll). On the roll is text containing prayers based on the thirty-nine names of Christ, image-base talismans; and, iconography from the Passion, these being the measured crucifix; the measured wound of Christ and the measured representations of...
Editorial(Whole roll). On the roll is text containing prayers based on the thirty-nine names of Christ, image-base talismans; and, iconography from the Passion, these being the measured crucifix; the measured wound of Christ and the measured representations of...
EditorialThe Magicians Marching off After the Success of their Incantations. Date/Period: Ca. 1763. Print. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper. Height: 413 mm (16.25 in); Width: 514 mm (20.23 in).
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of a text containing incantations, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Clay, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 in. (5 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial???, Three-Pronged Vajra Ritual Implement (Sankosho), Heian period (794?1185), 12th century, Japan, Gilt bronze, L. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Metalwork, For Esoteric Buddhist ritual prayer and incantations, a set of vajra pestles (kongosho) and a bell (kong...
EditorialTalismanic Scroll, 11th century, Attributed to Egypt, Ink on paper; block-printed, 9 1/16 x 3 5/16in. (23 x 8.4cm), Codices, Centuries before block printing was introduced in Europe, the technique was used in the Islamic world to produce miniature text...
Editorial? ?? ???? ??? ?, Nine Songs, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), 14th century (?), China, Album of eleven paintings; ink on paper, 10 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (26.4 x 15.9 cm), Paintings, After Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254?1322), The Nine Songs are lyrical, shamanistic inc...
Editorial???, Three-Footed Stand (Kongoban) for Buddhist Ritual Implements, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Gilt bronze, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); L. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Metalwork, For Esoteric Buddhist ritual prayer and i...