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Charms

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Charms is an Analyst Term for spoken, written, or performed formulae used for healing, protection, coercion, or divination; the category requires care because medieval sources may frame the same materials as prayer, medicine, superstition, or magic.

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This concept record is seeded for future DGWE-style expansion.

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Magic in Medieval Manuscripts
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