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dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-18T10:42:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-18T10:42:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1975 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Zammit-Maempel, G. (1975). Fossil sharks' teeth: A Medieval safeguard against poisoning. Melita Historica, 6(4), 391-410. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37544 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Zammit-Maempel delves into the practice of using pendants with mounted fossil sharks' teeth as a counter-measure to rampant poisoning throughout the Middle Ages. Malta, he discovers, provided sharks' teeth which possessed "special magical powers" against poison. At the end of the study, the author includes five plates which act as visual representations of sharks' teeth in use. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Historical Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Middle Ages | en_GB |
dc.subject | Poisoning -- Europe -- History | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sharks, Fossil -- Malta -- History | en_GB |
dc.subject | Language and languages -- Etymology | en_GB |
dc.subject | St. Paul’s Grotto (Rabat, Malta) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Paul, the Apostle, Saint | en_GB |
dc.subject | Rocks -- Malta -- History | en_GB |
dc.subject | Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mdina Metropolitan Museum (Mdina, Malta) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Symbolism -- Malta -- History | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pendants (Jewelry) -- History | en_GB |
dc.title | Fossil sharks' teeth: A Medieval safeguard against poisoning | en_GB |
dc.title.alternative | The curious lore of Malta's fossil sharks' teeth | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Melita Historica | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Zammit-Maempel, George | - |
Appears in Collections: | MH, Volume 6, No. 4 (1975) MH, Volume 6, No. 4 (1975) |
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