À propos de quelques aspects de la couleur dans les préparations médicinales et les amulettes pharaoniques

If colour is one of the observation criteria taken into account by the Egyptian doctor within the medical diagnosis, its role in the choice of materia medica is more difficult to estimate. The situation is quite different in the field of magic. Considering the role of colour in therapeutic and proph...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sylvie Donnat
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2021-12-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/22720
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Summary:If colour is one of the observation criteria taken into account by the Egyptian doctor within the medical diagnosis, its role in the choice of materia medica is more difficult to estimate. The situation is quite different in the field of magic. Considering the role of colour in therapeutic and prophylactic practices, this contribution distinguishes between different aspects : colour understood as brightness and light, colour as a material, and colour as a classificatory tool.
ISSN:0031-0387
2272-7639