IMC 2004: Sessions

Session 1120: Curiosa felicitas, II: Latin Writing on Magic and Astrology

Moderator/Chair:	Charles Burnett, Warburg Institute, University of London
Paper 1120-a	Carmina Employed as experimenta in Latin Medical Texts (Language: English) Lea S. T. Olsan Jones, Department of English, University of Louisiana, Monroe Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Medicine
Paper 1120-b	Los Prenostica Pitagorice Consideracionis: Libro de suertes medieval - estudio introductorio (Language: Español) Alberto Alonso Guardo, Departamento de Filología Clásica, Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Valladolid Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Science
Paper 1120-c	Inuenire: John Whethamstede on the Discovery of the Liberal Arts and their Instruments (Language: English) Catherine Eagleton, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London Index terms: Science, Technology
Abstract	Session grouped by John Dillon (24/10/03): Abstract paper -a: No abstract provided. Abstract paper -b: This paper presents an introductory study of the medieval 'Book of Fates' known as Prenostica Pitagorice Consideracionis. Abstract paper -c: This paper examines the sections on music, astronomy and astrology in John Whethamstede's Granarium , a text compiled from sources rather than an original composition, and elucidates his own view of these arts in relation to their instruments and to each other.