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

• Autore: Page Sophie <1972->
• Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.4309
• Soggetto topico: Magic - England - Canterbury - History; Manuscripts, Medieval; Magic - Religious aspects - Christianity; Magic - Manuscripts - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Magic St. Augustine’s Abbey Canterbury Magic in History Series Benedictine Byzantium Sicily Spain twelfth century thirteenth century Renaissance natural magic Arabic image magic Ritual Magic Liber vaccae Liber de essentia spirituum Ars notoria Glossulae super Librum imaginum lunae Liber de essentia spirituum; Sophie Page
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Magic in the cloister
• ISBN: 0-271-06096-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809133103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Magic in history.