The Occult Sciences in Byzantium

Occult Science And Society In Byzantium : Considerations For Future Research / Maria Mavroudi -- The Greek Concept Of Sympatheia And Its Byzantine Appropriation In Michael Psellos / Katerina Ierodiakonou -- Occult Science And Imperial Power In Byzantine History And Historiography (9th-12th Centuries) / Paul Magdalino -- Stephanos Of Alexandria : A Famous Byzantine Scholar, Alchemist And Astrologer / Maria Papathanassiou -- Graeco-egyptian Alchemy In Byzantium / Michèle Mertens -- The Byzantine Translations Of Māshāʼallāh On Interrogational Astrology / David Pingree --did The Biblical Patriarchs Practice Astrology? : Michael Glykas And Manuel Komnenos I On Seth And Abraham / William Adler -- Astrological Promenade In Byzantium In The Early Palaiologan Period / Anne Tihon -- Hebrew Astrology In Byzantine Southern Italy / Joshua Holo -- Late Antique And Medieval Latin Translations Of Greek Texts On Astrology And Magic / Charles Burnett -- Revisiting The Astronomical Contacts Between The World Of Islam And Renaissance Europe : The Byzantine Connection / George Saliba. [edited By] Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi. The Present Volume Originated As A Colloquium Organised By The Editors And Held [november 7-8, 2003] At Dumbarton Oaks In Washington, D.c.--p. [9]. Earlier Versions Of All The Papers Published Here Were Delivered At The Colloquium, With The Exception Of A Single One....--p. [9] Includes Bibliographical References (p. [375]-435) And Index. This volume represents the first attempt to examine occult sciences as a distinct category of Byzantine intellectual culture. It is concerned with both the reality and the image of the occult sciences in Byzantium, and seeks, above all, to represent them in their social and cultural context as a historical phenomenon. The eleven essays demonstrate that Byzantium was not marginal to the scientific culture of the Middle Ages, and that the occult sciences were not marginal to the learned culture of the medieval Byzantine world.