Unlocked Books: Manuscripts of Learned Magic in the Medieval Libraries of Central Europe by Benedek Láng

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

Benedek Láng

334 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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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 sc...

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