Al-Qabisi (Alcabitius): The Introduction to Astrology: v. 2 (Warburg Institute Studies & Texts) - Softcover
In late 10th-century Aleppo, Al-Qabisi wrote a concise introduction to the craft of the judgements of the stars, drawing upon a wide range of Greek, Indian, Persian and Arabic sources. John of Seville's twelfth-century Latin translation led to "Alcabitius's" work becoming the standard introduction to astrology in Western Europe. This new book gives the first critical editions of the Arabic and Latin texts with an annotated English translation. It also includes: catalogues of all the manuscripts of the known medieval versions of the work and of the Renaissance editions of the Latin text; a citation of the work in Byzantine Greek; an edition of another astrological work, On the Conjunctions of the Planets, attributed in Latin to Alcabitius, and comprehensive Arabic-Latin and Latin-Arabic glossaries. This book should provide the foundation for any future study of al-Qabisi/Alcabitius and his influence.
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- PublisherWarburg Institute
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 085481132X
- ISBN 13 9780854811328
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages523
- EditorBurnett Charles, Yamamoto Keiji, Yano Michio
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AL-QABISI: THE INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY
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The Warburg Institute - Nino Aragno Editore, London - Turin
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ISBN 10: 085481132X
ISBN 13: 9780854811328
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Book Description Couverture souple. Condition: Neuf. Dust Jacket Condition: Neuf. Edition originale. AL-QABISI: THE INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY Edited by Charles Burnett, Keiji Yamamoto and Michio Yano 2004 ISBN: 978-0-85481-132-X £ 350,00 'Alcabitius? owes his reputation to a single work: his Book of the Introduction to the Craft of Astrology, which survives in at least twenty-five Arabic manuscripts (two written in Hebrew script), and in a Latin translation of which there are more than two hundred manuscripts, and twelve printings between 1473 and 1521. The reputation of this text in the Islamic world was such that: according to the biographer, al-Bayhaqi (ca. 1106-74), it «ranked among the works on the stars like Hamasa among Arabic poetry». The Latin text received several commentaries, and was, in turn, translated into several of the European vernaculars. The present critical edition contains the Arabic text of the Introduction and the translation into English as well as the Latin versions of the original manuscripts. L'Opera 'Alcabitius? owes his reputation to a single work: his Book of the Introduction to the Craft of Astrology, which survives in at least twenty-five Arabic manuscripts (two written in Hebrew script), and in a Latin translation of which there are more than two hundred manuscripts, and twelve printings between 1473 and 1521. The reputation of this text in the Islamic world was such that: according to the biographer, al-Bayhaqi (ca. 1106-74), it «ranked among the works on the stars like Hamasa among Arabic poetry». The Latin text received several commentaries, and was, in turn, translated into several of the European vernaculars. In the universities where astrology was taught (often as part of the curriculum in medicine), the Introduction was the first, and often the only, set text. Along with ?Albumasar?, ?Alcabitius? became a household name as an authority in astrology. The present critical edition contains the Arabic text of the Introduction and the translation into English as well as the Latin versions of the original manuscripts. Codice della Libreria 010088 - Language . English text. Seller Inventory # 010088
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