Article ID: CBB319343937

Thābit ibn Qurra’s On Talismans between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and between the Science of the Stars and Magic (2021)

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Thābit ibn Qurra’s "On Talismans," after its translation from Arabic in the early twelfth century, was repeatedly defended as being a work of science rather than magic. By the late fifteenth century, however, it was a regular item in collections of magical texts. A Renaissance revision of the text (edited here), evidently made in the circle of Johannes Trithemius and Henricus Cornelius Agrippa, shows the character that it had assumed by the early sixteenth century.

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Authors & Contributors
Mahboubeh Farkhondehzadeh
Boudet, Jean-Patrice
Americo, Maria
Bevilacqua, Gabriella
Porreca, David
Attrell, Dan
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Astrology
Magic
Astronomy
Arabic language
Mathematics
Time Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
Ancient
17th century
15th century
8th century
Places
Europe
Florence (Italy)
Italy
Hellenistic world
Mediterranean region
Prague (Czechia)
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