{"product_id":"aristotle-de-animalibus-michael-scots-arabic-latin-translation-volume-1a-books-i-iii-history-of-animals-9789004411265","title":"Aristotle De Animalibus. Michael Scot's Arabic-Latin Translation, Volume 1a: Books I-III: History of Animals","description":"Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eDe Animalibus\u003c\/i\u003e was an important source of zoological knowledge for the ancient Greeks and for medieval Arabs and Europeans. In the thirteenth century, the work was twice translated into Latin. One translation was produced directly from the Greek by William of Moerbeke. An earlier translation, made available as a critical edition in the present volume for the first time, was produced through an intermediary Arabic translation (Kitāb al-Ḥayawān) by Michael Scot (1175 - c. 1232). Scot's translation was one of the main sources of knowledge on animals in Europe and widely used until well into the fifteenth century. As a faithful translation of a translation produced by a Syriac-speaking Christian, the text contributes to our knowledge of Middle Arabic.\n\nThe \u003ci\u003eDe Animalibus\u003c\/i\u003e is composed of three sections: \u003ci\u003eHistory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (ten books), \u003ci\u003eParts of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (four books) and \u003ci\u003eGeneration of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (five books). \u003ci\u003eParts of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeneration of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e were published by BRILL as Volumes 5.2 and 5.3 of the book series ASL in 1998 (ASL 5.2) and 1992 (ASL 5.3). The present Volume 5.1.a contains the first section of Scot's translation of \u003ci\u003eHistory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e: the general introduction and books 1-3, with Notes. Editions of the two concluding parts of \u003ci\u003eHistory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, ASL 5.1.b, books 4-6 and ASL 5.1.c, books 7-10, are in preparation. Complete Latin-Arabic and Arabic-Latin indices of \u003ci\u003eHistory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in due course.","brand":"Aafke M.I. van Oppenraay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271355969787,"sku":"9789004411265","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_036358f0-2143-482a-88b8-d99a593cfd47.jpg?v=1780095982","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/aristotle-de-animalibus-michael-scots-arabic-latin-translation-volume-1a-books-i-iii-history-of-animals-9789004411265","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}