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The Great introduction to astrology
- Title
- The Great introduction to astrology / by Abū Maʻšar.
- Author
- Abū Maʻshar, -886
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-11453 v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-11453 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 2 volumes; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Abu Ma'sar's "Great Introduction to Astrology" (mid-ninth century) is the most comprehensive and influential text on astrology in the Middle Ages. In addition to presenting astrological doctrine, it provides a detailed justification for the validity of astrology and establishes its basis within the natural sciences of the philosophers. These two volumes provide a critical edition of the Arabic text; a facing English translation, which includes references to the divergences in the twelfth-century Latin translations of John of Seville and Hermann of Carinthia; and the large fragment of a Greek translation (edited by David Pingree). Comprehensive Arabic, English, Greek and Latin glossaries enable one to trace changes in vocabulary and terminology as the text passed from one culture to another.
- Series Statement
- Islamic philosophy, theology and science, 0169-8729 ; 106/1-2
- Uniform Title
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; 106.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- English; original text in Arabic, Greek, and English.
- Contents
- Volume 1. The Arabic original and English translation / edited and translated by Keiji Yamamoto, Charles Burnett -- volume 2. The Greek version and glossaries / Greek version edited by David Pingree ; glossaries and indexes compiled by Keiji Yamamoto and Charles Burnett.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-11453
- ISBN
- 9789004381148
- 9004381147
- 9789004381162
- 9004381163
- 9789004381179
- 9004381171
- 9789004381230 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018056547
- OCLC
- 1078954678
- Author
- Abū Maʻshar, -886, author.
- Title
- The Great introduction to astrology / by Abū Maʻšar.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Islamic philosophy, theology and science, 0169-8729 ; 106/1-2Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; 106.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- English; original text in Arabic, Greek, and English.
- Added Author
- Yamamoto, Keiji, translator.Burnett, Charles (Charles S. F.), translator.Pingree, David, 1933-2005, translator.Abū Maʻshar, -886. Madkhal al-kabīr ilá ʻilm aḥkām al-nujūm.Abū Maʻshar, -886. Madkhal al-kabīr ilá ʻilm aḥkām al-nujūm. English.Abū Maʻshar, -886. Madkhal al-kabīr ilá ʻilm aḥkām al-nujūm. Selections. Greek.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Abū Maʻshar, -886, author. Abu Ma'sar, the Great introduction to astrology Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004381230 (DLC) 2018059244
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-11453