Astrology, magic, and alchemy in art / Matilde Battistini ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia.

The spectacle of illusion : magic, the paranormal & the complicity of the mind / Matthew L. Tompkins.

Rhetoric, nature and magic in Byzantine art / Henry Maguire.

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Astrology, magic, and alchemy in art / Matilde Battistini ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia.

The spectacle of illusion : magic, the paranormal & the complicity of the mind / Matthew L. Tompkins.

Rhetoric, nature and magic in Byzantine art / Henry Maguire.