The occult sciences in Byzantium / [edited by] Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi.

Geneva : La Pomme d'or, [2006], ©2006.

468 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"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].

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-435) and index.