Oracles of Nostradamus (Kindle Edition)
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“Oracles of Nostradamus (Kindle Edition)” Book Details:
- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 355 KB
- Print Length: 300 pages
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0015VRXJO
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“Oracles of Nostradamus (Kindle Edition)” Book Description:
Ward makes some key points for any prospective interpreter of Nostradamus. First of all, Nostradamus’ text is not written entirely in French; certainly it would not serve as a good text to learn modern French. He mixes 16th Century French, Latin, Lang d’Oc (a Provencal dialect of French similar to Catalan), words of his own invention such as anagrams and strange amalgams; as well as (cue the echo chamber) words from the future.
Ward notes that Nostradamus uses a slang word, in context, for a component of an improved flintlock (‘dog’) nearly a century before it was invented. Nostradamus also uses a term for conscription in a sense not used until about 1800.
