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Humaniora, 2020 The research was conducted to discover the potential of Nias saber’s amulets into fashion accessories and to introduce the tradition of Nias saber’s amulets into society. Nias war costume had its unique way of distinguishing each other and gaining a
Kezia Clarissa Langi +3 more
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Azimat, Obat, dan Legitimasi Kuasa: Kajian Parateks Naskah Islam Sulawesi Tenggara dan Jawa Barat
Jurnal SMART (Studi Masyarakat, Religi, dan Tradisi), 2022 This article examines Islamic manuscripts stored in several collections of the people of Southeast Sulawesi (Baubau) and West Java (Cirebon and Indramayu), which have been digitized by the EAP British Library and the Digital Repository of Endangered and ...
Abdullah Maulani
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article examines how nineteenth‐century scholars reconstructed the geography of early Buddhism through a historically contingent hierarchy of texts that privileged Chinese monastic travelogues over Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles. Focusing on the relationship between the Pāli vaṃsa literature—especially the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa—and Chinese ...
Bhadrajee Hewage
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Scribal Features of Scriptural Amulets
, 2017 This chapter compares, in groups, the formulation and writing of amulets that draw on Christian scriptures: titles and opening words from the gospels and LXX Psalm 90; a short text from a gospel; Jesus’ correspondence with Abgar; the Lord’s Prayer; LXX ...
Theodore de Bruyn
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Археология евразийских степейDuring the Bronze Age (2250–1300 BCE), the territory of the Surxondaryo region was inhabited by bearers of a material culture known as the Sapalli culture.
Odiljon A. Khamidov +2 more
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Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2020 An ethnobotanical survey was carried in Ndiki sub-division of the Central Region of Cameroon to collect information on the use of plants in the manufacture of amulets among the Banen ethnic group.
Madeleine Johnson, Evariste Fongnzossie
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History, EarlyView.Abstract On 2 June 1442, Alfonso V of Aragon seized the throne of Naples after twenty years of violence, rivalry and warfare between the houses of Anjou and Trastámara over control of the Italian Regno. Over the span of his sixteen‐year reign, Alfonso used Naples as a tool to build his reputation as a new Roman and Imperial ruler in the Italian south ...
Jessica L. Minieri
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, 1946 Most of the objects to be discussed in this paper belong to the class known as “Gnostic” amulets. That term has been so widely accepted that there is something to be said for retaining it; for even those who recognize its inaccuracy find it a convenient ...
Campbell Bonner
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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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Magic and Ritual in Iron Age Veneto, Italy
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2010 In this article I discuss the possibility that the Iron Age Veneti of Northern Italy believed in magic. By drawing on ethno-historical comparisons and contextual analysis, I suggest that items such as pierced shells, coral, amber, glass beads and ...
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