This work by Lynn Thorndike [1882-1965 ] was published in 1923. It was a thesis for the Master's Degree at Columbia Univiersity. The examination of manuscripts was accomplished across Europe but mostly at the British Museum.
These volumes are encyclopedic and are complete with index, bibliographical index, index of manuscripts. The contents are organized in Books, with Book 1. THE ROMAN EMPIRE, roughly 335 pages; Book II EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT roughly 200 pages; Book III THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES roughly 300 pages; Book IV THE TWELFTH CENTURY; and Book V THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
Below is an excerpt from the book A HISTORY OF MAGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE -During The First Thirteen Centuries Of Our Era
