Chapter 52

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Footnote 1477: century, fols. 156-74 has been replaced by 56-74.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 footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.

Italics are represented thus _italic_, and superscripts thus y^{en}.

A HISTORY OF MAGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE

_VOLUME I_

A HISTORY OF MAGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE

DURING THE FIRST THIRTEEN CENTURIES OF OUR ERA

BY LYNN THORNDIKE

VOLUME I

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright 1923 Columbia University Press First published by The Macmillan Company 1923

ISBN 0-231-08794-2 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7

CONTENTS

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PREFACE ix

ABBREVIATIONS xiii

DESIGNATION OF MANUSCRIPTS xv

LIST OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED BY AUTHOR AND DATE OF PUBLICATION OR BRIEF TITLE xvii