The Occult Sciences in Byzantium

467 Pages·2006·134.68 MB·English

by  eds Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi

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Abbreviations
AnlCI Anliquile C lassique
AG Anlhologia Graeca
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AG aJc himi sles grecs
BHG Bibiothcca Hagiographica G racca
BMG. B zantine and Modern Greek LUdie
BZ Byzanlinische Zei tsch rijt
AB o rpu s de asl rono mes byzanlins
Ca hCMCahiers de civilisation medieva!e, Xe- XJJe siecles
CahHi cM Calliers d'hisloire mondiale
Co ll Byz Collectanea Byzantina
A Calalog us odiculI1 ASlro!ogorum raecorum, 12
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vols. (Brussels, 1898- 1953)
CCC 1 Corpus Christianomm Continuatio Mcdiacvalis
CC G Co rpus C hri stianorum, eries Graeca
CFHB 'o rpus Fon lium Historiae Byzantinae
CAtfAG Ca talo g ue des manuscrils alchimiques g r ecs, 8 vols.
(Brusse ls, J 924-32)
CSCO Co rpu s Scriplo rum C hrislianorum O ri ental ium
CS IIB Corpus Script.orum IIistoriae Byzantinae
DOP Dumbarton Oaks Papers
ErJ b Eranos Jahrbuch
GC Die (Jriechischen chrisllicher chriftsteller
HAW Handbu c h der Allertumswissensc hajt
JOB Jahrbuch der 0 ferreichi hen Bvzantinislik
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JSJ Journal Jor th e 'Iudy oJ Judaism in th e Persian,
Helleni fi c . and Roman Period
JR S Journa l of Roman Studies
DB .rl-Jord Dictio nal") oJ Byzantium
PG Palro lo gia C ursus Co mplellls. Series Graeca
PLP Prosopographis li es Lexikon der Palaeologen -ei t
REB Revue des eludes byzanlines
RHR Revile de I'lli {oire de · re ligio n
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toicorum velerum fragmenta, •
SVF cd. H. von Tmm
(Leipzig, 1903)
7M 7'ravaux et Melrwires
PmbZ Prosopographie der miltelbyzantinischen Zeit
PBE Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
ZRVI Zbornik Radova Vizanloloskog InSlilula
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Contents
Preface 9
Introduction 11
Maria Mavroudi
Occult Science and Society in Byzantium:
Future Research
Considerations for 39
Katerin8 Ierodiakonou
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The Concept Sympatheia and Its Byzantine
Appropriation in Michael Psellos 97
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Paul Magdalino
Occult Science and Imperial in Byzantine History
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and Historiography (9th-12th Centuries) 119
Maria Papathanassiou
Stephanos of Alexandria: A Famous Byzantine Scholar,
Alchemist and Astrologer 163
Michele Mertens
Graeco-Egyptian Alchemy in Byzantium 205
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David Pingree
The Byzantine Translations of Mu.sha'allah on
Interrogational Astrology 231
William Adler
Patriarchs Astrology?
Did the Biblical Practice
Michael GJykas and Manuel Komnenos I on Seth
and Abraham 245
AnneTihon
Byzantium
Astrological Promenade in in the Early
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Palaiologan Period
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Joshua Dolo
Hebrew Astrology in Byzantine Southern Italy 291
Charles Burnett
Antique and of
Late Medieval Latin Translations Greek
Texts on Astrology and Magic 325.
George Saliba
Revisiting the Astronomical Contacts Between the
World of Islam and Renaissance Europe:
The Byzantine connection 361
Bibliography 375
Indices 437
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