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Paperback Building Magic: Ritual and Re-Enchantment in Post-Medieval Structures Book

ISBN: 3030767671

ISBN13: 9783030767679

Building Magic: Ritual and Re-Enchantment in Post-Medieval Structures

This book redresses popular interpretations of concealed objects, enigmatically discovered within the fabric of post-medieval buildings. A wide variety of objects have been found up chimneybreasts, bricked up in walls, and concealed within recesses: old shoes, mummified cats, horse skulls, pierced hearts, to name only some. The most common approach to these finds is to apply a one-size-fits-all analysis and label them survivals and apotropaic (evil-averting)...

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