The occult sciences in Byzantium/

Other Authors: Magdalino, Paul, Μαυρουδή, Μαρία
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Geneva: La Pomme dʹor, c2006
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Occult science and society in Byzantium : considerations for future research / Maria Mavroudi
  • The Greek concept of sympatheia and its Byzantine appropriation in Michael Psellos / Katerina Ierodiakonou
  • Occult science and imperial power in Byzantine history and historiography (9th-12th centuries) / Paul Magdalino
  • Stephanos of Alexandria : a famous Byzantine scholar, alchemist and astrologer / Maria Papathanassiou
  • Graeco-Egyptian alchemy in Byzantium / Michele Mertens
  • The Byzantine translations of Mashaʹallah on interrogational astrology / David Pingree
  • Did the biblical patriarchs practice astrology? : Michael Glykas and Manuel Komnenos I on Seth and Abraham / William Adler
  • Astrological promenade in Byzantium in the early Palaiologan period / Anne Tihon
  • Hebrew astrology in Byzantine southern Italy / Joshua Holo
  • Late antique and medieval Latin translations of Greek texts on astrology and magic / Charles Burnett
  • Revisiting the astronomical contacts between the world of Islam and Renaissance Europe : the Byzantine connection / George Saliba