IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 137: Foretelling the Future in the Carolingian World: Text and Context
Monday 3 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Onderzoekschool Mediëvistiek, Groningen |
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| Organiser: | Rob Meens, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Rob Meens, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 137-a | Scholarly Knowledge in Clerical Manuscripts from the Carolingian Era: Pagan Theory and Superstitious Beliefs in a 9th-Century Computus Manuscript? (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Pagan Religions, Religious Life, Science |
| Paper 137-b | Clash or Complementary? Prognostic Texts in Medical Manuscripts: The Case of Berlin MS Phill 1790 (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Medicine, Pagan Religions, Religious Life |
| Paper 137-c | Pagan Knowledge in a Liturgical Context?: Prognostic Texts in Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliotek, cod. 1888 (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Pagan Religions, Religious Life, Science |
| Abstract | In this session the different uses of prognostic texts in the Carolingian world will be discussed by presenting three case studies. Different ideas about the nature of these texts exist. Some scholars see them as remnants of pagan practice, while others regard them as part of a Christian intellectual heritage. This session contributes to this debate by investigating three Carolingian manuscripts which contain such texts, but in totally different contexts. |