C. Philipp E. Nothaft, ed., <i>Walcher of Malvern, De Lunationibus and De Dracone: Study, Edition, Translation, and Commentary</i>. Turnhout: Brepols: 2017, pp. 346, 6 color plates.
Scott G. Bruce
When Walcher, the second prior of Great Malvern Priory in Worchestershire, died October 1135, his Benedictine brethren composed an epitaph that remembered him as a “geometer and abacist” ( geometricus ac abacista ) and, above all, “good astrologer” bonus astrologus ). His two surviving treatises on astrology attest to industry keen observer night sky. In volume under review, C. Philipp E. Nothaft presents critical editions, translations, historical commentary attributed Walcher: De lunationibus On Lunations dracone Dragon Despite recent interest early medieval astrology, particularly Carolingian period, very little work has been done make Latin astrological texts available convenient editions translations for scholars their students. This certainly true Walther’s treatises. Nothaft’s book provides first edition translation , while updating José Maria Millás Vallicrosa’s deficient 1943 rendering it modern language time.
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