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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Meg, Much of the useful literature is in German. I recently saw an English translation of Marbodus, but can't put my finger on it at the moment. There is some disagreement on whether 'adamant' is diamond or not. I have seen 'allectorius' as a stone found in the liver of a capon. Secondary sources: For identifying stones, the best source is Hans Lu?schen, /Die Namen der Steine : das Mineralreich im Spiegel der Sprache : mit einem Wo?rterbuch, enthaltend u?ber 1300 Namen von Mineralien, Gesteinen, Edelsteinen, Fabel- und Zaubersteinen/. Thun : Ott, 1979. Unfortunately, Gerathises is not listed, and I have no clue. Celdonius looks to me like celidon (chelidonius, gelidon), supposed to be found in swallows' stomachs. Gerda Friess,/Edelsteine im Mittelalter : Wandel und Kontinuita?t in ihrer Bedeutung durch 12 Jahrhunderte in Aberglauben, Medizin, Theologie und Goldschmiedekunst/. Hildesheim : Gerstenberg Verlag, 1980. Includes a useful table listing which medieval authors discuss which stones, with very brief summaries of properties ascribed. Audrey L. Meaney,/Anglo-Saxon amulets and curing stones/. Oxford: BAR British series, 1981. A bit dated by now, but still very useful-- and in English. Some translated primary sources (most with modern commentary; in no particular order or citation system): P. Kitson, "Lapidary Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England: Part I, the Background; the Old English Lapidary." /Anglo-Saxon England/ 7 (1978), 9-60. Barry Baldwin, "Michael Psellus on the Properties of Stones," /Byzantinoslavica/ 56 (1995), 398-405. Arthur G. Holder, trans., /Bede: On the Tabernacle/ (Translated Texts for Historians LUP) see book 3 chapter3, The Rational Rabanus Maurus. /De universo: the pecular properties of words and their mystical significance: the complete English translation/. Translated by Priscilla Throop. Charlotte, Vermont: MedievalMS, 2009. Albertus Magnus, /Book of Minerals/. Translated by Wyckoff Dorothy. London: Oxford University Press: Clarendon Press. 1967 Kahle, Paul. "Bergkristall, Glas und Glasflüsse nach dem Steinbuch von el-Beruni." /Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft/ 90 (1936): 322-56. Priscilla Throop, trans.,/Hildegard von Bingen's Physica : the complete English translation of her classic work on health and healing/. Rochester, Vt. : Healing Arts Press, 1998. and of course, Pliny, /Natural History/, book 37 all best, Genevra On 2/5/2018 10:56 AM, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Greetings all, > > I wonder if anyone can direct me to good medieval primary or secondary > sources on Lapidaries? A student is interested in doing a project on > them, and her resources are limited, so any references to good studies > of medieval (or classical, or early modern) stone-lore (science or > pseudo-science) would be welcome. She is aware of Marbod of Rennes > Liber Lapidum/Liber De Gemmis - has it been translated (to English or > French)? and she will of course see what Isidore has to say. There > appears to be little on the topic in Icelandic mss, but there is one > published one with two pages on stones. Some of them are easy enough > to guess, others less so. My guesses are below - 'Gerathises' defeats > me completely! If anyone knows what these stones are, or of > alternative spellings under which they might appear, we would very > much appreciate it? > > Meg > > Ematistus Amethyst > > Crisopatius Chrysophase > > GERATHISES > > Magnetis Magnet > > Adamantes Adamant > > Allectorius ? Electrum ? > > Celdonius ? 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