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Delaurenti, Béatrice, "La pratique incantatoire à l'époque scolastique: charmes et formules des réceptaires médicaux en latin et en langues romanes (XIIIe-XVe siècle)", dins: Draelants, Isabelle - Balouzat-Loubet, Christelle (eds.), La formule au Moyen Âge, II = Formulas in Medieval Culture, II. Actes du colloque international de Nancy et Metz, 7-9 juin 2012 = Proceedings of the International Conference, Nancy and Metz, 7th-9th June 2012, Turnhout, Brepols (Atelier de recherche sur les textes médiévaux, 23), 2015, pp. 473-494.

Resum

In collections of medieval medical prescriptions, charms and verbal remedies appear to be uttered in front of the patient's body as part of the healing ritual. This article studies verbal performativity by focusing on a corpus of charms in thirteenth to fifteenth century French and English medical receipt manuscripts. What constituted the effectiveness of these incantations? And how, concretely, were they enacted? The medical charms convey a conception of language in which word meaning is not considered essential. Furthermore, incantatory formulas codify their own referents in space and time. The comparison of practical and speculative sources shows that intellectual controversies looked at the already existing practice of charms to discuss their effectiveness. Nevertheless, some scholastic arguments on virtus verborum also developed without evidence of there ever being practical application.

Matèries

Màgia - Màgia mèdica i protectora
Medicina - Farmacologia
Manuscrits
Anglès
Francès

URL

http:/​/​dx.doi.org/​10.1484/​M.ARTEM-EB.5.103364