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is mostly mythical — Origin of the story in his connection with 

 the Emperor, and from the place and nature of his Spanish 

 studies — Probability that he composed a work on algebra, 

 which was afterwards mistaken for something magical — His 

 association with the Arthurian legend in its southern develop- 

 ment confirms his character as a magician, and may have 

 suggested several details in the stories that are told con- 

 cerning him, . . . . . • . • .179 



CHAPTER X 



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How Dante used the legend of Michael Scot — The nature of 

 subjective magic or glamour — Stories told by those who 

 commented on the Divine Comedy — Boccaccio's reference 

 to Scot, and sundry tales of court and camp — The fifteenth 

 century produces spurious magical works under Scot's name — 

 Folengo introduces him into the Baldus. — Dempster and the 

 Scottish tales. — The tasks of Scot's familiar spirit. — His 

 embassy to Paris — Story of the witch of Falsehope — The Booh 

 of Might — Two stories of Scot as told by an old woman 

 of Florence in the present year of grace — Conclusion, . . 206 



Appendix, 231 



Index, 277 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Frontispiece, A Magician, from the S; Maria Novella Fresco — 



Photogravure by Alinari, Florence 

 Vignette on Title — The Eildons, from an engraving kindly lent 



by Messrs. A. and C. Black, London 

 Facsimile of colophon to Scot's Abbreviatio Avicennae (Fondo 



Vaticano 4428, p. 158 recto), .... to face page 55 



