Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2018), Edition: 1, 64 pages
Description
This is a book about fixed stars and how a few pages from an astrological book deeply influenced Western history. This book, the Great Introduction, written by Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (known as Albumasar) influenced art, history, religion. The history of this book and how some images from an Hellenistic author travelled from Greece to India and Iran and then came back to Europe is the history of astrology.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
64 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
1724772007 / 9781724772008
Local notes
Compiled from several sources for use, rather than history.