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Book SynopsisThe present volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied by an English translation, a commentary, and an introductory study, of Liber nativitatum (Book of Nativities) and Liber Abraham Iudei de nativitatibus (Book on Nativities by Abraham the Jew), two astrological treatises in Latin that were written by Abraham Ibn Ezra or attributed to him, and whose Hebrew source-text or archetype has not survived.
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations General Introduction The Reception of Abraham Ibn Ezra in the Latin West Liber nativitatum and Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus Earlier Research on Nativitatum Earlier Research on De nativitatibus Nativities and Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Work on Nativities The Thematic Organization of Nativitatum, De Nativitatibus and Moladot The Introductions to Nativitatum and De nativitatibus Fixed Stars and Constellations in Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus Jewish Content in Nativitatum and De nativitatibus Are Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus Latin Translations of a Hebrew Text by Abraham Ibn Ezra? Authorship and Date of Composition of Nativitatum; Links between Nativitatum and Ibn Ezra’s Work Two Latin Translations of Fragments from the Hebrew Source Text of Nativitatum The Four Versions of De Nativitatibus The Relationship among the Manuscripts and the Dates of the Four Versions The Earliest Evidence for the Existence of De Nativitatibus Did Henry Bate Play a Role in the Composition of De Nativitatibus? Date of Composition of De Nativitatibus Transmission of De Nativitatibus Manuscripts for the Critical Edition of Nativitatum Witnesses for the Critical Edition of De Nativitatibus Editorial and Translation Principles Part One: Liber nativitatum. Latin Text and English Translation Part Two: Notes to Liber nativitatum Part Three: Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus. Latin Text and English Translation Part Four: Notes to Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus Plates Part Five: Appendices 1 Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Astrological Corpus 2 Indications of the Horoscopic Places in Nativitatum, De Nativitatibus, and Moladot 3 The 14 Horoscopic Diagrams of Nat4 4 Henry Bate’s Translation of Fragments from Moladot II 5 Peter d’Abano’s Translation of a Fragment from Moladot II 6 Additions at the End of Nat2 7 Additions to Nat3 from Peter d’Abano’s Translation of Ibn Ezra’s Moladot 8 Comparison Between Nat1 and Nat4 9 Manuscripts, Print Editions and Translations of De Nativitatibus 10 English-Latin Glossary of Technical Terms in Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus 11 Latin-English Index to the English-Latin Glossaries 12 Authorities and Sources in Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus 13 Literal Renderings in Nativitatum of Hebrew Words/Expressions Employed by Ibn Ezra 14 Additions at the End of Nativitatum 15 Index of Technical Terms and Biographical Notes Bibliography Index
