Book of prophecies
A genre collecting prophecies or divination methods, often with political or mystical uses.
A book of prophecies, or chrismologion, is a genre of literature collecting prophecies or divination methods. Notable examples include the Prophetiae Merlini, which shaped medieval views on fate and kingship, and a chrismologion by Paisios Ligarides predicting Russian victory over the Ottomans.
Quick Facts
- Alternative names
- chrismologion
- chresmologion
- chrismologium
- Notable example
- Prophetiae Merlini (c. 1130)
- Another example
- Chrysmologium Physico-Astromanticum by Martin Horký (1639–1645)
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