Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page.
- Page, Sophie, 1972-
- Date:
- [2013]
- Books
About this work
Description
"Utilizes the collection of magic texts from the late Middle Ages at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to examine the orthodoxy of magical approaches to the medieval universe and to show how it was possible to combine magical studies with a monastic vocation"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Physical description
x, 232 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
Contents
Monks and their magic texts at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury -- Natural magic : the basilisk and the lodestone -- The liber vaccae : magical uses of monstrous creations -- Image magic : harnessing power in the harmonious universe -- The liber de essentia spirituum : magic, revelation, and fellowship with spirits -- The ars notoria and its monastic audience.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBVA.3.AA2Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780271060330
- 0271060336
- 9780271060347
- 0271060344