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A Study on Spontaneity: Some Notes on the Divinatory Handbook P.Ryl. 28

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: P.Ryl. 28 is a miniature codex detailing forty-seven prognostications based on palmomancy, or divination by bodily twitches. In this paper, I provide the first full English translation of this document, as well as the argument that this piece was spontaneously written, with little to no regard for the wider palmomantic tradition or even any consideration for how it read as a text as a whole. I then look at what the idea of a fake means in the study of ancient divination.

Source: Religion in the Roman Empire

DOI: 10.1628/219944616x14770583541643

Author: Chris Mowat

Language: English

Topic: Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2463564744

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