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Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Page, Sophie, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Magic in history.
- Magic in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England)--History.
- St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England).
- Magic--England--Canterbury--History.
- Magic.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Magic--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Magic--Manuscripts--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271060965
- 0271060964
- OCLC:
- 861693179
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