Il Manoscritto Plut. 86.14 della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze

The manuscript Plut. 86.14 displays an uncommon variety of geomantical texts in medieval Greek.We propose to challenge the traditional idea of the ‘derivation’ of Greek geomancy from the Arabic one, and to show the existence of an ‘original’ Greek tradition, quite divergent from the Arabic one for w...

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Main Author: Rapisarda, Stefano 1961- (Author)
Contributors: Calcagno, Agata ca. 21. Jh.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Italian
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Published: 2016
In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2016, Volume: 109, Issue: 1, Pages: 151-178
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Summary:The manuscript Plut. 86.14 displays an uncommon variety of geomantical texts in medieval Greek.We propose to challenge the traditional idea of the ‘derivation’ of Greek geomancy from the Arabic one, and to show the existence of an ‘original’ Greek tradition, quite divergent from the Arabic one for what concerns both the technical lexicon and the procedures of interrogation.
ISSN:1868-9027
Contains:Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/bz-2016-0009