Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 605 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 153 |
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Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 3 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 153.
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Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 3.
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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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-592) and indexes |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Prophecies.
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Forecasting.
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English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100.
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Forecasting
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Old English
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Forecasting
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Prophecies
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Voorspellingen.
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Angelsaksen.
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Prophezeiung -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
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Engeland.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2007023629 |
ISBN |
9789047420422 |
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904742042X |
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1281926345 |
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9781281926340 |
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9786611926342 |
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6611926348 |
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