CHAPTER X

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 Book 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