Ptolemy S Tetrabiblos In The Translation Of William Of Moerbeke

Author : Gudrun Vuillemin-Diem,Carlos Steel
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789058679628

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Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos in the Translation of William of Moerbeke by Gudrun Vuillemin-Diem,Carlos Steel Pdf

First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy’s masterwork This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke’s Latin translation of Ptolemy’s celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy’s treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with hisAlmagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the Arabic. William of Moerbeke’s translation was made directly from the Greek and it is a major scholarly achievement manifesting not only Moerbeke’s genius as a translator, but also as a scientist. The edition is accompanied by extensive Greek-Latin indices, which give evidence of Moerbeke’s astonishing enrichment of the Latin vocabulary, which he needed both to translate the technical scientific vocabulary and to cope with the many new terms Ptolemy created. The introduction examines Moerbeke’s translation method and situates the Latin translation within the tradition of the Greek text. This edition makes possible a better assessment of the great medieval translator and also contributes to a better understanding of the Greek text of Ptolemy’s masterwork.

Author : Marion Dolan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319567846

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Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts by Marion Dolan Pdf

This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation of the illustrated Aratea astronomical manuscript and its many interpretations over the centuries. Aratus' 270 B.C.E. Greek poem describing the constellations and astrological phenomena was translated and copied over 800 years into illuminated manuscripts that preserved and illustrated these ancient stories about the constellations. The Aratea survives in its entirety due to multiple translations from Greek to Latin and even to Arabic, with many illuminated versions being commissioned over the ages. The survey encompasses four interrelated disciplines: history of literature, history of myth, history of science, and history of art. Aratea manuscripts by their nature are a meeting place of these distinct branches, and the culling of information from historical literature and from the manuscripts themselves focuses on a wider, holistic view; a narrow approach could not provide a proper prospective. What is most essential to know about this work is that because of its successive incarnations it has survived and been reinterpreted through the centuries, which speaks to its importance in all of these disciplines. This book brings a better understanding of the history, changes and transmission of the original astronomical Phaenomena poem. Historians, art historians, astronomy lovers, and historians of astronomy will learn more specialized details concerning the Aratea and how the tradition survived from the Middle Ages. It is a credit to the poetry of Aratus and the later interpreters of the text that its pagan aspects were not edited nor removed, but respected and maintained in the exact same form despite the fact that all sixty Aratea manuscripts mentioned in this study were produced under the rule of Christianity.

Author : Pieter Beullens
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000778656

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The Friar and the Philosopher by Pieter Beullens Pdf

William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of Aristotle and other ancient philosophical and scientific authors from Greek into Latin, and he played a decisive role in the acceptance of Aristotelian philosophy in the Latin world. He is often criticized for an allegedly deficient translation method. However, this book argues that his approach was a deliberate attempt to allow readers to reach the correct understanding of the source texts in accordance with the medieval view of the role of the translator. William’s project to make all genuine works of Aristotle – and also of other important authors from Antiquity – available in Latin is framed against the background of intellectual life in the 13th century, the deliberate policy of his Dominican order to reconcile Christian doctrine with worldly knowledge, and new trends in book production that influenced the spread of the new translations. William of Moerbeke’s seemingly modest acts of translation started an intellectual revolution, the impact of which extended from the Middle Ages into the early modern era. The Friar and the Philosopher will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in Medieval perceptions of Aristotle, as well as other works from Antiquity.

Author : Chris Brennan
Publisher : Amor Fati Publications
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780998588902

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Hellenistic Astrology by Chris Brennan Pdf

Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was practiced in the Mediterranean region from approximately the first century BCE until the seventh century CE. It is the source of many of the modern traditions of astrology that still flourish around the world today, although it is only recently that many of the surviving texts of this tradition have become available again for astrologers to study. Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune is one of the first comprehensive surveys of this tradition in modern times. The book covers the history, philosophy, and techniques of ancient astrology, with a special focus on demonstrating how many of the fundamental concepts underlying the practice of western astrology originated during the Hellenistic period.

Author : Matthias Heiduk,Klaus Herbers,Hans-Christian Lehner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1039 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110499773

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Prognostication in the Medieval World by Matthias Heiduk,Klaus Herbers,Hans-Christian Lehner Pdf

Two opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore had no concept of the future. According to the other opinion, the expectation of the near end created a drive to change the world for the better and thus for innovation. Close inspection of the history of prognostication reveals the continuous attempts and multifold methods to recognize and interpret God’s will, the prodigies of nature, and the patterns of time. That proves, on the one hand, the constant human uncertainty facing the contingencies of the future. On the other hand, it demonstrates the firm believe during the Middle Ages in a future which could be shaped and even manipulated. The handbook provides the first overview of current historical research on medieval prognostication. It considers the entangled influences and transmissions between Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and non-monotheistic societies during the period from a wide range of perspectives. An international team of 63 renowned authors from about a dozen different academic disciplines contributed to this comprehensive overview.

Author : Richard D. Wragg
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York
ISBN : 9781914049026

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The Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library, Egerton MS 2572) by Richard D. Wragg Pdf

A new exploration of the secular manuscripts and medieval medical texts associated with the York Guild and its members. Produced in 1486 and subsequently augmented, the Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library Egerton MS 2572) is a unique record of the knowledge, ambitions, activities and civic relationships maintained by the Barbers and Surgeons Guild over a period of 300 years. The manuscript's earliest folios contain images, astrological tracts, a plague treatise and a bloodletting poem. To these were added early modern ordinances and oaths, a series of royal portraits, and the names of the Guild's masters and apprentices. It is a rare survival of late medieval medical knowledge placed within a civic context. This new multi-disciplinary examination of the York Guild Book presents a comprehensive edition of its content and a detailed study of the creation and use of this fascinating manuscript. The York Guild Book was not owned by any one person but was intended to be representative of the types of manuscripts the Guild's members might have individually possessed. The Guild's commission elevated their manuscript's functional content into something which could be proudly owned and displayed, as is demonstrated by the stylishly executed pen and ink drawings, two of which are possibly unique. Through a contextualisation of the form and content of the manuscript, the book articulates ideas about material culture and the ceremonial role of secular manuscripts whilst shedding new light on the dissemination and status of medieval medical texts.

Author : Anne Lawrence-Mathers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108418393

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Medieval Meteorology by Anne Lawrence-Mathers Pdf

Explores how scientifically-based weather forecasting spread and flourished in medieval Europe, from c.700-c.1600.

Author : Thomas F. Glick,Steven Livesey,Faith Wallis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135459390

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Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine by Thomas F. Glick,Steven Livesey,Faith Wallis Pdf

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.

Author : Aurora Panzica
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004463103

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Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis by Aurora Panzica Pdf

Nicole Oresme was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the fourteenth century. He is best known for his mathematical discoveries, his economic theories, as well as his vernacular translations of cosmological and ethical texts that were undertaken at the request of King Charles V. This volume sheds light on the beginning of Oresme's scientific activity at the University of Paris (ca. 1340 – ca. 1350), a period of his intellectual career about which little is known. Over the course of this decade, Oresme lectured on many Aristotelian texts on natural philosophy, such as the Physics, On the Heavens, On generation and corruption, Meteorology, and On the Soul. Oresme's commentaries on Aristotle's Meteorology count among his only unpublished texts. This volume presents the first critical edition of books I-II.10 of the second redaction of Oresme's Questions on Meteorology. The edition is preceded by a historical and philological introduction that discusses the context of Oresme’s scientific career and examines the manuscript tradition.

Author : Steven Vanden Broecke,Carlos Steel,David Juste,Shlomo Sela
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789462701557

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The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher by Steven Vanden Broecke,Carlos Steel,David Juste,Shlomo Sela Pdf

Critical edition of the earliest known astrological autobiography The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246–after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativitas a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode the fate of one’s own life and its idiosyncrasies. The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher offers the first critical edition of Bate’s Nativitas. An extensive introduction presents Bate’s life and work and sheds new light on the reception and use of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts among scholars in Paris at the end of the 13th century. The book thus provides a major new resource for scholars working on medieval science, autobiography, and notions of personhood and individuality.

Author : Claudius Ptolemaeus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:916314679

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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos or Quadripartite by Claudius Ptolemaeus Pdf

Author : Ptolemy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243804059

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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, Or Quadripartite by Ptolemy Pdf

Author : Ptolemy,J.M. Ashmand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:669679414

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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos... by Ptolemy,J.M. Ashmand Pdf

Author : Claudius Ptolomaeus
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1377633276

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The Tetrabiblos by Claudius Ptolomaeus Pdf

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Author : Chris Jones,Conor Kostick,Klaus Oschema
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110546484

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Making the Medieval Relevant by Chris Jones,Conor Kostick,Klaus Oschema Pdf

When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present in a myriad of ways and medievalists can, and should, use their research to address the concerns and interests of contemporary society. This volume presents a number of carefully commissioned essays that demonstrate the fertility and originality of recent work in Medieval Studies. Above all, they have been selected for relevance. Most contributors are in the earlier stages of their careers and their approaches clearly reflect how interdisciplinary methodologies applied to Medieval Studies have potential repercussions and value far beyond the boundaries of the Middles Ages. These chapters are powerful demonstrations of the value of medieval research to our own times, both in terms of providing answers to some of the specific questions facing humanity today and in terms of much broader considerations. Taken together, the research presented here also provides readers with confidence in the fact that Medieval Studies cannot be neglected without a great loss to the understanding of what it means to be human.