Unlocked Books Manuscripts of Learned Magic in the Medieval Libraries of Central Europe

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ISBN: 9780271033785

ISBN-10: 0271033789

ISBN-13: 9780271033785

Edition: 2008

Authors: Benedek Lï¿½ng, Benedek Lï¿½ng

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During the Middle Ages, the Western world translated the incredible Arabic scientific corpus and imported it into Western culture: Arabic philosophy, optics, and physics, as well as alchemy, astrology, and talismanic magic. The line between the scientific and the magical was blurred. According to popular lore, magicians of the Middle Ages were trained in the art of magic in "magician schools" located in various metropolitan areas, such as Naples, Athens, and Toledo. It was common knowledge that magic was learned and that cities had schools designed to teach the dark arts. The Spanish city of Toledo, for example, was so renowned for its magic training schools that "the art of Toledo" was…

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List price: $68.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 7/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.03" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Benedek Lï¿½ng is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction: In Search of Magician Schools



Magic



Definitions and Classifications



Texts and Handbooks



Natural Magic



Image Magic



Divination with Diagrams



Alchemy



Ritual Magic and Crystallomancy



Readers and Collectors



Magic in the Clerical Context



Magic in the Courtly Context



Magic in the University Context


Conclusion: Seven Questions


Epilogue: When Central Europe Was Finally Close to Becoming a Center for Magical Studies


Appendixes


Selected Bibliography


Description of Selected Manuscripts


Index