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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum Notice by Charles Burnett Author : Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-ca. 168 AD) Original Title : Tetrabiblos or Apotelesmatika Translation : The Latin translation of the Arabic version, made by Plato of Tivoli in 1138. Significance : This is the Classical text on astrology, which seeks to find rational explanations for astrological doctrine. In translations directly from Greek and indirectly from Arabic, and accompanied by an extensive commentary by ʿAlι ibn Riwān, translated into Latin in the late thirteenth century, it had wide influence in Europe. Plato’s translation survives in 9 manuscripts and five Renaissance printings. Contents : As the title indicates, it is divided into four books: the first on the defense of astrology and technical concepts, the second on influences on earth (including astrological geography and weather prediction), and the third and fourth on influences on individuals. Reproduction : Basel, Johannes Hervagius, 1533 [Warburg FAH 750], p. 1-74. Title : Cl. Ptolomaei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Quadripartitum. Inc. : ‘Rerum, Iesure, in quibus est pronosticabilis scientiae…’ Expl. : ‘…hoc in loco huic libro finem imponere non incongruum existimamus.’ Bibliography : Claudius Ptolemaues, Apotelesmatika, ed. W. Hübner, Stuttgart and Leipzig, 1998; L. Minio-Paluello, ‘Plato of Tivoli’, in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. C. C. Gillispie, New York, 1975, XI, pp. 31-33.

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum Notice by Charles Burnett Author: Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-ca. 168 AD) Original Title: Tetrabiblos or Apotelesmatika Translation: The Latin translation of the Arabic version, made by Plato of Tivoli in 1138. Significance: This is the Classical text on astrology, which seeks to find rational explanations for astrological doctrine. In translations directly from Greek and indirectly from Arabic, and accompanied by an extensive commentary by ʿAlι ibn

Riḍwān, translated into Latin in the late thirteenth century, it had wide influence in Europe. Plato’s translation survives in 9 manuscripts and five Renaissance printings. Contents: As the title indicates, it is divided into four books: the first on the defense of astrology and technical concepts, the second on influences on earth (including astrological geography and weather prediction), and the third and fourth on influences on individuals. Reproduction: Basel, Johannes Hervagius, 1533 [Warburg FAH 750], p. 1-74. Title: Cl. Ptolomaei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Quadripartitum. Inc.: ‘Rerum, Iesure, in quibus est pronosticabilis scientiae…’ Expl.: ‘…hoc in loco huic libro finem imponere non incongruum existimamus.’ Bibliography: Claudius Ptolemaues, Apotelesmatika, ed. W. Hübner, Stuttgart and Leipzig, 1998; L. Minio-Paluello, ‘Plato of Tivoli’, in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. C. C. Gillispie, New York, 1975, XI, pp. 31-33.

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