Bruno Schalekamp
Biographic Data
| ID | 10295257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruno Schalekamp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruno |
| FAMILY NAME | Schalekamp |
| SIGNATURE | SCHALEKAMP B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent Scholar Utrecht The Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“These Lots Never Deceive”
The Sortes Sanctorum, a prognostic and divinatory text known as “lots of the saints,” is present in numerous medieval Latin manuscripts dating from the early ninth to the fifteenth centuries. Scribes, compilers, and readers, including (prospective) priests, monks, and bishops, considered it a significant addition to educational materials such as schoolbooks, Bible glossaries, encyclopedias, and treatises on computus. By offering personal advice, …
Medieval Divination by Unexpected Incidents
This article explores a little-known prognostic table, the so-called Tabula Salomonis , in its four oldest Latin manuscript witnesses from between ca. 1000 and 1300. Unusually for Latin prognostic texts, the table employs unexpected incidents such as animal sounds, sneezes, and bodily twitches combined with the signs of the zodiac as its starting point. Interestingly, the sources for the Tabula , a series of Late Antique texts from which the auth…
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Medieval Divination by Unexpected Incidents
This article explores a little-known prognostic table, the so-called Tabula Salomonis , in its four oldest Latin manuscript witnesses from between ca. 1000 and 1300. Unusually for Latin prognostic texts, the table employs unexpected incidents such as animal sounds, sneezes, and bodily twitches combined with the signs of the zodiac as its starting point. Interestingly, the sources for the Tabula , a series of Late Antique texts from which the auth…
“These Lots Never Deceive”
The Sortes Sanctorum, a prognostic and divinatory text known as “lots of the saints,” is present in numerous medieval Latin manuscripts dating from the early ninth to the fifteenth centuries. Scribes, compilers, and readers, including (prospective) priests, monks, and bishops, considered it a significant addition to educational materials such as schoolbooks, Bible glossaries, encyclopedias, and treatises on computus. By offering personal advice, …
Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · Medieval Latin (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Antique (1 work) · Arabic (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Audience measurement (1 work) · Byzantine Studies and History (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)