Abū Ma‘šar on Historical Astrology
Subtitle: The Book of Religions and Dynasties (On the Great Conjunctions)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: 2000
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9789004117334
Table of contents: title: These two volumes provide the Arabic, Latin and English text of the major work on historical astrology of the Middle Ages. The text is attributed either to Abū Ma‘šar (787-886) or to his pupil Ibn al-Bāzyār, and was translated into Latin in the mid-twelfth century. In eight books (parts) it provides the scientific basis for predictions concerning kings, prophets, dynasties, religions, wars, epidemics etc., by means of conjunctions of planets, comets and other astronomical factors.; title: It is cited frequently by both Arabic and Latin authors. These editions will provide, for the first time, the context of these citations. Aside from its intrinsic interest for cultural history and the history of science, this work provides several details.