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I believe that the technical term for Robert's codex is "really cool".
I've never seen anything quite like it. It is in a most unusually
durable material for an alchemical treatise, though of course curse
tablets and lamellae themselves can be made of lead, gold, or any number
of other materials.
There is a great deal of work being done at the moment on the Abrasax
gems, magical papyri, and related objects. You might want to contact
Chris Faraone <[log in to unmask]> at the University of Chicago, who is
heading up an informal (I think) consortium of scholars pooling their
resources on such items.
There is going to be a major exhibition of magical gems at the Museum of
Fine Arts in Budapest in December 2011, running concurrently with
another major exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum of gems from
the collection of the Hermitage.
For comparison with the Kelsey Rider amulet, you might also want to look
at a nice imperial grave stone in the Musee Carnavalet
(http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Burials1.html) and, just for fun, the
thirteenth-century equestrian seal matrix of William Fitzhamor
(http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/ThirteenthFifteenth3.html).
Best,
Genevra
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