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Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780271060965
  • 9780271069319
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BF1593 .M345 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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 -- Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustine's manuscripts, and Renaissance magic.
Subject: "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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction BF1593 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn861693179

"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.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 -- Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustine's manuscripts, and Renaissance magic.

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