Anglo-Saxon prognostics : an edition and translation of texts from London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius A. III /
"Medieval prognostic texts - a survival from the classical world - are the ancestors of modern almanacs; a means of predicting future events, they offer guidance on matters of everyday life, such as illness, childbirth, weather, agriculture, and the interpretation of dreams ... this volume prov...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Old English Latin |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer,
2011
Cambridge ; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer ; imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2011 Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : 2011 Cambridge ; Rochester, N.Y. : 2011 Cambridge, UK : Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : 2011 |
| Series: | Anglo-Saxon texts ;
8 bis Anglo-Saxon texts ; 8 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Prognostics in Anglo-Saxon and related manuscripts ; Types of prognostics in T ; Prognostics as a genre ; Conclusion ; Note on editorial principles
- Anglo-Saxon prognostics : texts and translation