Medieval Divination by Unexpected Incidents: The Tabula prenostica Salomonis

This article explores a little-known prognostic table, the so-called Tabula Salomonis, in its four oldest Latin manuscript witnesses from between ca. 1000 and 1300. Unusually for Latin prognostic texts, the table employs unexpected incidents such as animal sounds, sneezes, and bodily twitches combin...

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Authors: Hertogh, Tim (Author) ; Rhijn, Carine van (Author) ; Schalekamp, Bruno (Author) ; Schmidl, Petra G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: International journal of divination and prognostication
Year: 2023, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 81-103
Further subjects:B history of knowledge
B Alfeal secundum motum lune
B Kitāb al-Tabṣira fī ˁilm al-nujūm
B prognostication
B Manuscript studies
B Tabula prenostica Salomonis
B al-Ashraf ˁUmar
B Medieval History
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