The occult sciences in Byzantium

The occult sciences in Byzantium

by Magdalino, Paul Mavroudi, Maria V.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The occult sciences in Byzantium / [edited by] Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):La Pomme d'Or
  • Place of Publication:Geneva
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2006.

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."--Page [9].

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

The Physical Object

  • Description:468 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9548446022, 9789548446020
  • oclc:ocn144569058
  • LC Classification:BF1434.B9
  • Dewey Decimal:133

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 / Michèle Mertens -- The Byzantine translations of Māshāʼallāh 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.

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Subjects

Alchemie Astrologie Astrologie -- Congrès astrology Astrology -- Congresses Astrology -- history Byzantijnse rijk Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire -- Congresses. -- Inte… Byzantine Empire -- Intellectual life Byzantinisches Reich Conference papers and proceedings Intellectual life Magie occultism Occultism -- Byzantine Empire Occultism -- Congresses. -- Byzantine E… Occultisme Occultisme -- Congrès. -- Empire byzant… wetenschap

Writers

Magdalino, Paul Mavroudi, Maria V.

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