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Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe
- Title
- Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page.
- Author
- Page, Sophie, 1972-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
- ©2013
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-290 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 232 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Magic in history series
- Uniform Title
- Magic in history.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-290
- ISBN
- 9780271060330 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271060336 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013015330
- OCLC
- 843454766
- Author
- Page, Sophie, 1972- author.
- Title
- Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page.
- Publisher
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Magic in history seriesMagic in history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-290