LiteraryTextsandDivinationTechniquesinMedievalOccitania.AShortSurvey Medieval Provence is an exceptional terrain for studying the material circulation of divinatory culture. We find here a particulary large number of divination techniques, some of which are very rare to be found in written records, suchasavimancy andscapulomancy,andanunusuallylargenumberofquotations in poetry and narrative, showing that this region is really to be considered as one of most important cross-roads of medieval Western divination.

Literary Texts and Divination Techniques in Medieval Occitania. A Short Survey

Rapisarda S.
2017-01-01

Abstract

LiteraryTextsandDivinationTechniquesinMedievalOccitania.AShortSurvey Medieval Provence is an exceptional terrain for studying the material circulation of divinatory culture. We find here a particulary large number of divination techniques, some of which are very rare to be found in written records, suchasavimancy andscapulomancy,andanunusuallylargenumberofquotations in poetry and narrative, showing that this region is really to be considered as one of most important cross-roads of medieval Western divination.
2017
divinazione Provenza poesia astrologia
divination Provence Astrology poetry
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