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'How to make a ring jump in the manner of a locust': recipes to animate small objects in late medieval European manuscripts.

• Authors : Baptista, Vanessa da Silva (AUTHOR)

Subjects: MEDIEVAL manuscripts; LOCUSTS; MAGIC tricksWORCESTER (Mass.)

• Source: Historical Research. May2024, Vol. 97 Issue 276, p184-198. 15p.

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Modern Magic, the Illusion of Transformation, and How It Was Done.

• Authors : Lamont, Peter (AUTHOR)

Subjects: MAGIC; MAGIC tricks; PERCEPTUAL illusions

• Source: Journal of Social History. Summer2022, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p854-874. 21p.

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Dodge City, Kansas.

Subjects: ZANTHOXYLUM; MAGIC tricksDODGE City (Kan.)

• Source: Wild West. Autumn2023, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p80-80. 1p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.

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Chapter 1: Surplus Bodies, Vanishing Women: Conjuring, Imperialism, and the Rhetoric of Disappearance, 1851-1901.

• Authors : Beckman, Karen

Subjects: MAGIC tricks; MAGICIANS; WHITE women

• Source: Vanishing Women: Magic, Film & Feminism. 2003, p17-59. 43p.

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THE WIZARD of ODD.

• Authors : Grauer, Neil A.

Subjects: JAY, Ricky, 1946-2018; MAGICIANS; MAGIC tricks

• Source: Smithsonian. Jun2004, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p108-112. 4p. 3 Color Photographs.

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HARD TIMES IN THE MARITIMES.

• Authors : MacNab, Bruce

Subjects: HOUDINI, Harry, 1874-1926; MAGICIANS; DIME museums

• Source: Beaver. Jun/Jul2009, Vol. 89 Issue 3, p38-42. 5p. 2 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs.

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List of Illustrations.

Subjects: BOOK illustration; VANISHING Women: Magic, Film & Feminism (Book); WOMEN

• Source: Vanishing Women: Magic, Film & Feminism. 2003, pxi-xi. 1p.

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TRICK OF THE EYE.

• Authors : TELLER

Subjects: MAGIC tricks; MAGICIANS; SENSORY perception

• Source: Smithsonian. Mar2012, Vol. 42 Issue 11, p30-31. 2p.

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MAGICIAN NO. 1.

• Authors : Zolotow, Maurice

Subjects: BLACKSTONE, Harry, 1885-1965; MAGICIANS; MAGIC showsUNITED StatesUNITED StatesUNITED StatesReport Available

• Source: Saturday Evening Post. 9/29/1945, Vol. 218 Issue 13, p14-15. 2p.

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On Artifice and Realism: Thessala in Chrétien de Troyes's "Cligés."

• Authors : Doggett, Laine E.

Subjects: FRENCH poetry; CHRETIEN, de Troyes, fl. 12th century; LITERARY characters

• Source: Exemplaria. Spring2004, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p43-72. 30p.

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