Thābit ibn Qurra "On Talismans" and Ps.-Ptolemy "On images 1-9" together with the "Liber prestigiorum Thebidis" of Adelard of Bath / Gideon Bohak, Charles Burnett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bohak, Gideon, 1961- editor.

Burnett, Charles (Charles S. F.), editor.

Series:

Micrologus' library ; 106.

Micrologus library, 2465-3276 ; 106

Language:

Arabic

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Latin

Subjects (All):

Astronomy, Arab--Iraq--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy, Arab.

Astronomy, Medieval--Iraq--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy, Medieval.

Talismans--History--To 1500--Early works to 1800.

Talismans.

Astrological geomancy--Iraq--Early works to 1800.

Astrological geomancy.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Egypt--Cairo.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Manuscript fragments--Egypt--Cairo.

Manuscript fragments.

Cairo Genizah.

On talismans--Translations into English.

On the images on the decans of the signs--Translations into English.

Liber prestigiorum Thebidis--Translations into English.

Egypt--Cairo.

Iraq.

Local Subjects:

On talismans--Translations into English.

On the images on the decans of the signs--Translations into English.

Liber prestigiorum Thebidis--Translations into English.

Genre:

Early works.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Thābit ibn Qurra "On Talismans"

Place of Publication:

Firenze : Sismel-Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2021

Language Note:

In English, Judeo-Arabic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic, with translations and notes in English.

Summary:

"This book contains a reconstruction of Thābit ibn Qurra’s On Talismans, based on a recently-discovered Judaeo-Arabic text in the Cairo Genizah and the Latin versions. On Talismans, probably written in Baghdad in the late ninth century, was the most authoritative medieval text on the procedure for making talismans that depended for their efficacy on the natural influences of the stars. The Genizah manuscripts also include the first nine talismans of the On the Images on the Decans of the Signs attributed to Ptolemy, a work which forms a natural complement to Thābit’s text and is therefore included in this edition. Editions of the major excerpts of, and quotations from, these two texts in Hebrew, Arabic and Greek, have been added, and the Latin translation of another (lost) Arabic version of Thabit’s text – the Liber prestigiorum Thebidis – made by Adelard of Bath, completes the volume. Adelard’s version adds elements of ceremonial magic (including prayers to spiritual forces) to the effects of the stars. The texts edited here are essential sources for our knowledge of the theory and practice of astrological talismans in the Middle Ages and early modern period"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Introductory chapters. Chapter 1. Thābit ibn Qurra and Pseudo-Ptolemy on astrological talismans ; Chapter 2. The transmission of Thābit On Talismans ; Chapter 3. The aims and methods of the present editions

Texts

Parallel texts

Glossaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and indexes.

Contains:

Container of: Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901. On talismans.

Container of: Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901. On talismans. English.

Container of: Pseudo-Ptolemy. On the images on the decans of the signs.

Container of: Pseudo-Ptolemy. On the images on the decans of the signs. English.

Container of: Adelard, of Bath, approximately 1090-approximately 1160. Liber prestigiorum Thebidis.

Container of: Adelard, of Bath, approximately 1090-approximately 1160. Liber prestigiorum Thebidis. English.

ISBN:

9788892900707

8892900706

OCLC:

1287264197