The occult sciences in Byzantium
By: [edited by] Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi
Contributors: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher: La Pomme d'or
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9789548446020
Subjects: Intellectual life; Occultism; Congresses; Astrology
Notes: "The present volume originated as a colloquium organised by the editors and held [November 7-8, 2003] at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C."--P. [9].

"Earlier versions of all the papers published here were delivered at the colloquium, with the exception of a single one...."--P. [9]

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-435) and index.
Table of contents: title: Occult science and society in Byzantium : considerations for future research / Maria Mavroudi; title: The Greek concept of sympatheia and its Byzantine appropriation in Michael Psellos / Katerina Ierodiakonou; title: Occult science and imperial power in Byzantine history and historiography (9th-12th centuries) / Paul Magdalino; title: Stephanos of Alexandria : a famous Byzantine scholar, alchemist and astrologer / Maria Papathanassiou; title: Graeco-Egyptian alchemy in Byzantium / Michèle Mertens; title: The Byzantine translations of Māshāʼallāh on interrogational astrology / David Pingree; title: Did the biblical patriarchs practice astrology? : Michael Glykas and Manuel Komnenos I on Seth and Abraham / William Adler; title: Astrological promenade in Byzantium in the early Palaiologan period / Anne Tihon; title: Hebrew astrology in Byzantine southern Italy / Joshua Holo; title: Late antique and medieval Latin translations of Greek texts on astrology and magic / Charles Burnett; title: Revisiting the astronomical contacts between the world of Islam and Renaissance Europe : the Byzantine connection / George Saliba.