Unlocked books : manuscripts of learned magic in the medieval libraries of Central Europe / Benedek Láng.

Manuscripts of learned magic in the medieval libraries of Central Europe

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008], ©2008.

xiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-317) and indexes.

Introduction: in search of magician schools -- Definitions and classifications -- Natural magic -- Image magic -- Divination with diagrams -- Alchemy -- Ritual magic and crystallomancy -- Magic in the clerical context -- Magic in the courtly context -- Magic in the university context -- Conclusion: seven questions -- Epilogue: when Central Europe was finally close to becoming a center for magical studies.