A new critical edition of ‘The Books of Jeu’
With its descriptions of celestial topography, mysterious sigils and diagrams, and a baptism of fire, the so-called ‘Books of Jeu’ in the Bruce Codex (itself a misnomer, as the ‘codex’ […]
With its descriptions of celestial topography, mysterious sigils and diagrams, and a baptism of fire, the so-called ‘Books of Jeu’ in the Bruce Codex (itself a misnomer, as the ‘codex’ […]
…Well, at least some of them are. A lot of older Loeb Classical Library volumes are out of copyright and may be downloaded for free. A collection of links to […]
This one somehow slipped under my radar last year, but is too important not to mention. John Behr (of St. Vladmir’s) has published the first volume of a new critical […]
One of the most important ancient Christian sources regarding not only Gnosticism, but Elchasai and the Elchasaites, Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and much, much more is the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies. […]
Theophrastus`s On Stones is a useful reference for all of us dealing with the early history of alchemy. Now you can get a very nice edition of it for free. […]
Bryn Mawr Classical Review has just published two reviews which may be of interest to readers. First is the eminent John M. Dillon’s discussion of the new critical edition by […]
BIG sale here on hundreds of volumes from one of the central series for primary sources in the study of Ancient Christianity. Lots of this material is unavailable online, so […]