Abū Ma'sar on Historical Astrology: The Book of Religions and Dynasties (on the Great Conjunctions) (2 Vols) - Volume I: The Arabic Original: Abū Ma'sar, K. Al-Milal Wa D-Duwal (the Book on Religions and Dynasties). Arabic Text Edited by Keiji Yamamoto, with an English Translation by Keiji Yamamoto and Charles Burnett. Volume II: The Latin Versions: Albumas

These volumes provide the Arabic, Latin and English versions of the major text on political astrology of the Middle Ages, generally attributed to Ab? Ma'sar (Albumasar), with a commentary and Latin-Arabic and Arabic-Latin glossaries.

About the author

Keiji Yamamoto was Associate Professor at Kyoto Sangyo University, Institute for World Affairs and Cultures. He edited and translated several Arabic astrology texts into English and wrote articles on Arabic astrology and Arabic printing in Renaissance Europe.
Charles Burnett, Ph.D. (1975), Cambridge, is Lecturer, Warburg Institute, London. He has edited Hermann of Carinthia's De Essentiis (Brill, 1982) and written several articles on translations from Arabic into Latin.

Product details

• Assisted by: Charles Burnett (Editor), Keiji Yamamoto (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.1999
• EAN: 9789004117334
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11733-4
• No. of pages: 1260
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 243 mm x 87 mm
• Weight: 2431 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions