Prognostications by thunder in the zodiac: MSS Trinity R.14.52, Sloane 636, and PML M.775.(Critical essay) From: ANQ | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Bryan, Eric Shane | COPYRIGHT 2006 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Prognostications by thunder, or brontologies, have been studied most thoroughly by Professor Max Forster, who published several medieval thunder books in the early twentieth century. Forster and others after him organize the books according to the time when the thunder occurred: either by month, day of the week, hour of the day, canonical hour, or zodiacal position (Liuzza 183-90). A handful of scholars have shown interest in brontological books organized according to the zodiac, i...