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Anglo-Saxon prognostics : 900-1100 : study and texts /

Offers an analysis of the status and function of the Anglo-Saxon prognostics in their manuscript context, a study of their introduction to and transmission in Anglo-Saxon England, and a comprehensive edition of prognostics in Old English and Latin.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chardonnens, László Sándor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 153.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures, Plates, Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Prognostics Defined; Chapter Two The Manuscript Context; Chapter Three Language, Date and Place of Origin of English Manuscripts Containing Prognostics; Chapter Four Superstition and Prognostication; Chapter Five Intended Use of Prognostic Texts; Conclusion; Text Edition; Appendix One Handlist of Prognostics in English Manuscripts of the Ninth to Twelfth Centuries; Appendix Two Reference List; Appendix Three Concordance to Anglo-Saxon Prognostics; Appendix Four Values, Dates, Composition; Bibliography.