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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37544| Title: | Fossil sharks' teeth: A Medieval safeguard against poisoning |
| Other Titles: | The curious lore of Malta's fossil sharks' teeth |
| Authors: | Zammit-Maempel, George |
| Keywords: | Middle Ages Poisoning -- Europe -- History Sharks, Fossil -- Malta -- History Language and languages -- Etymology St. Paul’s Grotto (Rabat, Malta) Paul, the Apostle, Saint Rocks -- Malta -- History Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria) Mdina Metropolitan Museum (Mdina, Malta) Symbolism -- Malta -- History Pendants (Jewelry) -- History |
| Issue Date: | 1975 |
| Publisher: | Malta Historical Society |
| Citation: | Zammit-Maempel, G. (1975). Fossil sharks' teeth: A Medieval safeguard against poisoning. Melita Historica, 6(4), 391-410. |
| 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. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37544 |
| Appears in Collections: | MH, Volume 6, No. 4 (1975) MH, Volume 6, No. 4 (1975) |
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