A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) by Lynn Thorndike

The Project Gutenberg eBook of A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) Author: Lynn Thorndike Release date: April 7, 2022 [eBook #67792] Most recently updated: October 18, 2024 Language: English Original publication: United States: Columbia University Press, 1923 Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67792 Credits: Tim Lindell, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF MAGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE, VOLUME 1 (OF 2) *** Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. On 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 Footnote 1477: century, fols. 156-74 has been replaced by 56-74.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 PAGE PREFACE ix ABBREVIATIONS xiii DESIGNATION OF MANUSCRIPTS xv LIST OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED BY AUTHOR AND DATE OF PUBLICATION OR BRIEF TITLE xvii CHAPTER