[247] Similar deceitful prophecies are not uncommon in mediæval story. Walter Map in the _De Nugis Curialium_ tells how Silvester II. was assured by his familiar spirit that he would not die till he had said Mass at Jerusalem. The prediction was fulfilled, however, when the Pope did so at the altar called ‘in Gerusalemme’ in one of the Roman Churches, and soon thereafter expired. [248] Muratori, _Op. cit._ ix. pp. 128 B, 670; and xiv. p. 1095. Other forms of this word are _cerebrerium_, _celeberium_ or _cerobotarium_. It is of course derived from _cerebrum_, and the English equivalent would be _brainpiece_. [249] See the _Epistolarium_ of Petrus de Vineis. Jourdain reprints this letter with a French translation in his _Recherches_, pp. 156-162. [250] In 1224. [251] Frederick sought at Bologna for scholars to fill the chairs in Naples. [252] Martenne, ‘Vett. scriptt. et Monumenta,’ ii. 1220. [253] _Opus Majus_, pp. 30, 37, ed. Jebbi. ‘Tempore Michaelis Scoti, qui, annis 1230 transactis, apparuit, deferens librorum Aristotelis partes aliquas de naturalibus et mathematicis, cum expositoribus sapientibus, magnificata est Aristotelis philosophia apud Latinos.’ [254] ‘Veridicus Vates Michael, haec pauca locutus, Plura locuturus obmutuit, et, sua mundo Non paciens archana plebescere, jussit Eius ut in tenues prodiret hanelitus auras. Sic acusator fatorum fata subivit.’ _Op. cit._ verse 80 _et seq._ [255] ‘History of the Rt. Hon. Name of Scot,’ in _Lay of the Last Minstrel_, Note W. [256] The diploma is dated at Melfi on the 9th of August 1232. The colophon to the copy then made of the _Abbreviatio Avicennae_ is as follows: ‘Completus est liber Avicenne de animalibus, scriptus per Magistrum Henricum Coloniensem, ad exemplar magnifici Imperatoris nostri Domini Frederici, apud Meffiam civitatem Apulie, ubi Dominus Imperator eidem Magistro hunc librum premissum commodavit, anno Domini MCCXXXII, in Vigilia Beati Laurentii, in domo Magistri Volmari medici Imperatoris.’ See Huillard-Bréholles, _Hist. Diplom. Frid._ II., vol. iv. part i. pp. 381-2. [257] See this poem, canto xxv. oct. 42 and 259. Consult also Soldan, _Magia Antica_, and _Storia dei Processi di Stregheria_, and _Conrad de Marburg_. [258] _Illustrium Miraculorum_, v. 4. See also i. 33 for another tale of the same kind. [259] See Lenormant, _La Magie Chaldéenne_. [260] See Wright’s Cat. of the Syriac MSS. in the British Museum. Iamblicus occurs in cod. dccxxix. [261] I use this word in the general sense then given to it, which seems to indicate how little the Greek language was understood in those days.