lecanomancy

Examples

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• "Lecanomancy and hydromancy possessed ancient roots but were alive and well in middle Byzantine Constantinople."

  Academic text (2008)

• As already demonstrated by Emperor Andronikos's practice of lecanomancy, interest in the occult sciences also existed among members of the twelfth-century Constantinopolitan elite.

  Academic text (2008)

• These differences suggest that belief in the magic power of pseudo-Arabic and a fascination with lecanomancy extended throughout Byzantine society.

  Academic text (2008)

• Lecanomancy and hydromancy, in particular, were ascribed "Persian" origins by classical and Early Christian authors.

  Academic text (2008)

• Lecanomancy and hydromancy were ancient mantic, or divinatory, techniques with relatively consistent textual traditions until at least the fifteenth century.

  Academic text (2008)

• Lecanomancy was practiced in the medieval Islamic world, although the tradition is not well attested in the written record, making it difficult to ascertain if Islamic devices directly influenced the design of the S. Marco vessel.

  Academic text (2008)

• At the beginning of the period, John the Grammarian (d. ca. 867), the last iconoclast patriarch, was said to have practiced lecanomancy, an activity that led to his condemnation as a sorcerer.

  Academic text (2008)

• Many ancient cultures, including the Greeks and Romans, practiced lecanomancy by interpreting patterns in the water of bowls for divination.

• During the ritual, the priest used lecanomancy to predict the future by analyzing the shapes formed by the water's surface.

Synonyms

H

hydromancy

vslecanomancy

• Archaic

9.9

A way of trying to tell the future by watching water

focuses specifically on patterns in water held in a bowl or basin

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Etymology