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
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007
Leiden ; Boston : 2007 |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 153 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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Table of Contents:
- 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