Magia autographa – The Relevance and Status of Jewish Magic Manuscripts in the Age of Printing (B08)

• Subject Area: Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
• Term: from 2015 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 181924784

The Magia autographa project investigates the roles of scribes, owners, readers, collectors and other involved parties in the production and use of Jewish magic manuscripts from early modern to modern times. In particular, the project will examine the manuscripts as unique and personalised collections of recipes and instructions for magical practices. It will also take the manuscripts’ relationship to printed handbooks of magic into consideration. In a diachronic perspective, the project will look at continuity and transformation in the production of Jewish magic manuscripts.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 950: Collaborative Research Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Giuseppe Veltri