A Glimpse into John Dee’s Magical Library

"John Dee Ashmolean". Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Dee_Ashmolean.jpg#/media/File:John_Dee_Ashmolean.jpgAccording to Culture24, treasured books from the lost Library of Tudor polymath John Dee will part of a special exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians Museum in January 2016. “Among the curiosities are Dee’s astrological textbooks; he was once imprisoned for casting horoscopes of Queen Mary and throughout his life undertook ‘conversations with angels’ and divine spirits via mediums known as ‘scryers.'”

A magical glimpse into the Tudor imagination: Lost library of John Dee to be revealed.

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