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Abū Maʻshar, d 886 (Persian Muslim astrologer)

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  • Existence: d 0886

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

'Dicta Albumassar' by Abū Maʻshar, a Latin traduction of Madkhal ilá ʻilm aḥkām al-nujūm, 12th century

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Identifier: MS 16/ff. 237r-243r
Contents This section is titled Dicta Albumassar and contains a text by Abū Maʻshar, which was Latinised into Albumasar. He was an astrologer writing in the 9th century. His works were translated into Latin from the 11th century. This work seems to be the Madkhal ilá ʻilm aḥkām al-nujūm ('Introduction to Astronomy').This section starts on f.237r with Haut secus obstetricum vaticiniis...
Dates: Majority of material found within 12th century