New Book on Ancient Magic Reviewed
There is a review by Adam Parker of the following new book — which is more of a collection of discrete essays by a single author: Lindsay Watson, Magic in […]
A New Book for Lovers of Astronomy/Astrology
This might be of interest to the hardcore enthusiasts of all things astral and Hellenistic: Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts Series: Brill’s Companions to Classical Studies Editors: Alan […]
New Book Scrutinising Ancient Voces Magicæ Reviewed
Our subscribers may know of the CENOB database — that’s Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares — an attempt to put together something like a definitive list of every unintelligible […]
CfP for Conference on Mediæval Faith, Heresy, and Magic
CALL FOR PAPERS for the joint session of the study group “Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages” (AGSFM) and study group “Christian Archaeology” (AGCA) at the 10th German Archaeology Congress […]
in manus tuas – Jan den Boeft 1935-2019
Taking a look at the latest issue of Vigiliae Christianae, I stumbled across an obituary for this terrific scholar of Latin and the Latin tradition, whose passing in August of […]
Conference: Magic in Late Antiquity. Objects, Texts and Contexts Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, March 1-3, 2020
Organised by Avigail Manekin-Bamberger, Gideon Bohak, and Yakir Paz, this looks like a good one! Check out the schedule, which we are giving in full here as there’s no obvious […]
job: Syriac Cataloguing at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) at Saint John’s University (SJU) invites applications for the full-time, benefit-eligible position of Cataloger of Syriac and Christian Arabic Manuscripts. This is a […]
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