The Prophecies: Text from the original edition of 1557 translated (The Profecies (English transcription and translation), Band 2) - Softcover

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This book is part of the “Les Prophéties” Collection published by AlterPublishing.

The Prophecies have come down to us via hundreds of editions. The complexity of Nostradamus' language (a mixture of French, Latin and Occitan) has led to all kinds of translations, not to mention more or less hazardous or risky interpretations.

Yet no essay or interpretation replaces reading, a mandatory confrontation with the authentic, original text.

Several editions have been considered hacked or backdated. It is generally accepted that the edition which bears the date of September 1557 was actually published during the lifetime of Nostradamus. The subsequent editions of the text amplify typographical errors and other typos, as do the additions and apocryphal texts.

This edition presents an english translation of a modernized transcription of the original text.

In order to preserve the quality of the text, this modernized version is in no way intended to be an interpretation, but a readable version that respects the original. In addition to correcting typographical errors, the text has only been edited to incorporate the modern spelling rules necessary for current reading and to respect the poetic style, while remaining most truthful to the original text.


Do not forget that Nostradamus forbade reading to charlatans of all kinds as well as uneducated people, expressly reserving his works for the intellectual elite!

The translation of this edition was carried out by Pascal-Henri POIGET, based on the facsimile of the 1557 edition and numerous in-depth researches on the languages used by Nostradamus.

Two complementary works, also published by AlterPublishing, present the facsimile of the 1557 edition and the modernized transcription in French of this facsimile.

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