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A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) / During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Notes
By Lynn Thorndike
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A systematic survey charts how magical practices and empirical inquiry overlapped from late antiquity through the medieval era, using careful manuscript and textual evidence to trace the transmission of ancient sources and the debates they provoked. Organized by author and topic, the study examines divination, astrology, alchemy, natural magic, and early experimental techniques alongside medicine, philosophy, and theology, showing institutional contexts such as universities and libraries and the shifting boundaries between superstition and scholarly investigation. It combines close readings of primary texts with historiographical commentary to map intellectual continuities, controversies, and methodological change across the period.

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Title: A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2)

Author: Lynn Thorndike

Release date: April 7, 2022 [eBook #67792]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Columbia University Press, 1923

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

On page 313 “sees no reason why divination in darkness, in a wall, or in sunlight, or by potions and incantations,” while well seems more likely than wall the original text is unchanged.

Footnote 1477: century, fols. 156-74 has been replaced by 56-74.

The table of contents lists the contents of volume 2 as well as volume 1.

The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.