02680nam 2200661 450 991048034250332120200930052637.00-271-06096-410.1515/9780271060965(CKB)2550000001140846(EBL)3385112(SSID)ssj0001062331(PQKBManifestationID)11566964(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001062331(PQKBWorkID)11017902(PQKB)11089887(MiAaPQ)EBC3385112(OCoLC)861693179(MdBmJHUP)muse38165(MiAaPQ)EBC6224175(DE-B1597)584459(DE-B1597)9780271060965(EXLCZ)99255000000114084620200930d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMagic in the cloister pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe /Sophie PageUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :Pennsylvania State University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (246 p.)Magic in historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-271-06033-6 Includes bibliographical references 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."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.Magic in history.MagicEnglandCanterburyHistoryManuscripts, MedievalMagicReligious aspectsChristianityMagicManuscriptsHistoryElectronic books.MagicHistory.Manuscripts, Medieval.MagicReligious aspectsChristianity.MagicManuscriptsHistory.133.4309Page Sophie1972-1051655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480342503321Magic in the cloister2482315UNINA