Medieval lunar astrology : a collection of representative Middle English texts

Author(s)

• Means, Laurel

Bibliographic Information

Medieval lunar astrology : a collection of representative Middle English texts

edited by Laurel Means

E. Mellen, c1993

Note

Texts in Middle English; introd. and notes in modern English

Bibliography: p. [338]-352

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume presents a critical edition of 18 Middle English astrological texts in verse and prose, based upon lunar astrology and its prognostics for all areas of life - personality, physical appearance, profession, health, medicine, sexuality, marriage, agriculture, commerce, and travel. It constitutes a large number of individual manuscripts, and texts raise several topics which, the book argues, need to be better understood within the context of late medieval thought, notably determinism, physiognomy, and medicine.

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Details

• NCID: BA36923385
• ISBN:
  • 0773492992
• LCCN: 93022743
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enmeng
• Place of Publication: Lewiston, New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 352 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF1723
  • DC20 : 133.5/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Astrology -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Moon -- Miscellanea -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts
  • LCSH : Astronomy, Medieval -- Sources