Examines the origins of the heraldic symbols and the rules that govern the continued existence of heraldry in Scotland. Illustrated in color.

Scotland's Heraldic Heritage: The Lion Rejoicing (Discovering Historic Scotland Series)

Dennis, Mark

Burnett, Charles

Reference

The Stationery Office

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The 18th Hussars In South Africa: The Records Of A Cavalry Regiment During The Boer War, 1899-1902

History

Africa

Franklin Classics

This collection of Charles Burnett's articles on the transmission of Arabic learning to Europe concentrates on the identity of the Latin translators and the context in which they were working. The articles are arranged in roughly chronological order, beginning with the earliest known translations from Arabic at the end of the 10th century, progressing through 11th-century translations made in Southern Italy, translators working in Sicily and the Principality of Antioch at the beginning of the 12th century, the first of the 12th-century Iberian translators, the beginnings and development of 'professional' translation activity in Toledo, and the transfer of this activity from Toledo to Frederick II's entourage in the 13th century. Most of the articles include editions of texts that either illustrate the style and character of the translator or provide the source material for his biobibliography.

Arabic into Latin in the Middle Ages: The Translators and their Intellectual and Social Context (Variorum Collected Studies)

Europe

Routledge

After discussing the terminology of talismanic magic (or necromancy) and its position in divisions of science in the Middle Ages, this book traces the history of talismanic texts from the Classical period through the Arabic world to the Latin Middle Ages. The principal authorities are Hermes and Aristotle, and the search for the ’secret knowledge’ of these ancient sages is shown to have been a catalyst for the translating activity from Arabic into Latin in 12th-century Spain. The second half of the volume is devoted to examples of the kinds of divination prevalent in Arabic and Latin-reading societies: chiromancy, onomancy, scapulimancy, geomancy and fortune-telling. The book ends with advice on when to practice alchemy and a prophetic letter of supposed Arabic provenance, warning of the coming of the Mongols. Several editions of previously unedited texts are included, with translations.

Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages: Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds (Variorum Collected Studies)

World

Training in Night Movements: Based On Actual Experience in War

Military

Nabu Press

The 18Th Hussars in South Africa: The Records of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, 1899-1902

The 18th Hussars in South Africa: The Records of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, 1899-1902

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Andesite Press

This volume, the third by Charles Burnett in the Variorum series, brings together articles on the different numeral forms used in the Middle Ages, and their use in mathematical and other contexts. Some pieces study the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals into Western Europe, documenting, in more detail than anywhere else, the different forms in which they are found, before they acquired the standard shapes with which we are familiar today. Others deal with experiments with other forms of numeration within Latin script: e.g., using the first nine Roman numerals as symbols with place value, abbreviating the Roman numerals, and using the Latin letters as numerals. The author discusses how different types of numerals are used for different purposes, and the application of numerals to the abacus, and to calculation with pen and ink. The studies include the critical edition of several Latin texts.

Numerals and Arithmetic in the Middle Ages (Variorum Collected Studies)

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Scotland's Heraldic Heritage: The Lion Rejoicing (Discovering Historic Scotland Series)

The 18th Hussars In South Africa: The Records Of A Cavalry Regiment During The Boer War, 1899-1902

Arabic into Latin in the Middle Ages: The Translators and their Intellectual and Social Context (Variorum Collected Studies)

Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages: Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds (Variorum Collected Studies)

Training in Night Movements: Based On Actual Experience in War

Training in Night Movements: Based On Actual Experience in War

The 18Th Hussars in South Africa: The Records of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, 1899-1902

The 18th Hussars In South Africa: The Records Of A Cavalry Regiment During The Boer War, 1899-1902

The 18Th Hussars in South Africa: The Records of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, 1899-1902

Numerals and Arithmetic in the Middle Ages (Variorum Collected Studies)