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Book/Printed Material Complete Book on the Judgment of the Stars. De Judiciis Astrorum

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Title

  • Complete Book on the Judgment of the Stars.

Other Title

  • De Judiciis Astrorum

Summary

  • Abu al-Hassan Ali Ibn Ali Ibn Abi al-Rijal (also known as Haly or Hali, and by the Latinized versions of his name, Haly Albohazen and Haly Abenragel) was a late 10th-century--early 11th century Arab astrologer and astronomer who served as court astrologer in the palace of the Tunisian prince, al-Muizz Ibn Badis. His best known treatise, Kitāb al-bāri' fi ahkām an-nujūm (Complete book on the judgment of the stars), was one of the works translated by the team of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim scholars that King Alfonso X of Castile (reigned 1252--84) assembled in Toledo to translate works of Arabic science into Latin and Castilian Spanish. A manuscript copy containing five of the eight books of a translation into Old Castilian by Yehudā ben Moshe Cohen survives and is in the National Library of Spain. De Judiciis Astrorum (Complete book of the judgment of the stars), a Latin translation of the Old Castilian manuscript, was published in Venice in 1485 and became an important source in Renaissance Europe for the understanding of medieval astrology. The printer was Erhard Ratdolt, a member of a distinguished family of artisans from Augsburg, Germany, who went to Venice around 1475 and established a successful printing business.

Names

  • Ibn Abī al-Rijāl, ʻAlī, 1015 or 16-1062 or 3 Author.

Created / Published

  • Augsburg, Germany : Erhard Ratdolt, 1485.

Headings

  • -  Spain
  • -  Tunisia
  • -  1015 to 1284
  • -  Astrology
  • -  Astronomy, Arab
  • -  Astronomy, Medieval

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 volume; 32 centimeters. Inscription in brown on folio 2a: Caroli Calcagnini. Marginalia, trimmed, in brown..
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666773

Online Format

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  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Ibn Abī Al-Rijāl, ʻAlī, 1015 Or 16-1062 Or 3 Author. Complete Book on the Judgment of the Stars. Augsburg, Germany: Erhard Ratdolt, 1485. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666773/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Abī Al-Rijāl, ʻ. (1485) Complete Book on the Judgment of the Stars. Augsburg, Germany: Erhard Ratdolt. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666773/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Abī Al-Rijāl, ʻAlī, 1015 Or 16-1062 Or 3 Author. Complete Book on the Judgment of the Stars. Augsburg, Germany: Erhard Ratdolt, 1485. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666773/>.