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THORNDIKE, Lynn (1882 – 1965)

THORNDIKE, Lynn (1882 – 1965)

1882 – 1965

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1923 –1958

#6422

A history of magic and experimental science. 8 vols.

Vols. 1-2 deal with the first 13 centuries of the Christian era; vols. 3-4 with the 14th and 15th centuries, vols. 5-6 with the 16th century, and vols. 7-8 with the 17th century.

1945

#12618

The herbal of Rufinus. Edited from the unique manuscript by Lynn Thorndike, assisted by Francis S. Benjamin, Jr.

First printed edition of an herbal written circa 1287 by Rufinus, a medieval monk / physician unknown before this edition. Rufinus was titular abbot in absentia of the monastery of Tyre, and plenipotentiary to the arc…

1963

#8349

A catalogue of incipits of mediaeval scientific writings in Latin. Revised and augmented edition.