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Seeing the face, seeing the soul : Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam /

Other Authors: Swain, Simon.
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Greek
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Polemo, Antonius, > approximately 88-145.
Polemo, Antonius, > approximately 88-145
Polemon, Marcus Antonius, > 90-145.
Physiognomy > History.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > General.
Physiognomy.
Islam > history.
Psychological Theory.
Fysiognomiek.
Literatur.
Arabisch.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=191623
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245 0 0 |a Seeing the face, seeing the soul :  |b Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam /  |c edited by Simon Swain ; with contributions by George Boys-Stones [and others]. 
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300 |a 1 online resource (ix, 699 pages) :  |b illustrations 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 663-690) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction / Simon Swain. pt. I. Antiquity. Physiognomy and ancient psychological theory / George Boys-Stone -- Polemon's Physiognomy / Simon Swain -- Physiognomics: art and text / Jaś Elsner. pt. II. Islam. The Islamic background to Polemon's treatise / Robert Hoyland -- The semiotic paradigm: physiognomy and medicine in Islamic culture / Antonella Ghersetti -- Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic tradition / Antonella Ghersetti with Simon Swain. pt. III. Texts and translations. A new edition and translation of the Leiden Polemon / Robert Hoyland -- The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): edition and translation of the introduction / Antonella Ghersetti -- The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist / Ian Repath -- Anonymus Latinus, Book of Physiognomy / Ian Repatyh. Appendix: The Physiognomy attributed to Aristotle / Simon Swain. 
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