Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus on Elections and Interrogations: A Parallel Latin-English Critical Edition of Liber Electionum, Liber Interrogationum, and ... 7 7

The present volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied by an English translation, a commentary, and an introductory study, of the Liber electionum, the Liber interrogationum, and the Tractatus particulares, written by or attributed to Abraham Ibn Ezra. ‎Contents 8 ‎Preface 12 ‎Abbreviations 15 ‎General Introduction 22 ‎Contacts with Christian Scholars in the Twelfth Century 30 ‎The Ibn Ezra Renaissance in the Latin West 33 ‎Liber Electionum, Liber Interrogationum, and Tractatus Particulares 39 ‎I. Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 41 ‎Earlier Research on Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 41 ‎Authorship, Links with Ibn Ezra’s Work, and the Dates of Composition of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 43 ‎Ibn Ezra’s Approach to Elections in Liber Electionum 46 ‎Ibn Ezra’s Approach to Interrogations in Liber Interrogationum 50 ‎The Organization and Contents of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 52 ‎The Sources of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 54 ‎Special Features of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 58 ‎Linguistic Features of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 62 ‎II. Tractatus Particulares 69 ‎Earlier Research on Tractatus Particulares 70 ‎Manuscripts, General Features and Transmission of TpA and TpQ 72 ‎Structure and General Features of TpA and TpQ according to Their Incipits and Explicits 77 ‎a. General Organization 80 ‎b. Name 80 ‎c. Authorship 81 ‎d. Translator 81 ‎e. Source Language 82 ‎Contents and Sources of TpA and TpQ 83 ‎I. Liber de Occultis 84 ‎I.1. Reading Thoughts 84 ‎I.2. What Is the Querent Hiding in His Hand? 91 ‎I.3. Finding a Hidden Object 92 ‎I.4. Finding a Fugitive 93 ‎II. Liber Servorum 93 ‎III. De Significationibus Planetarum 95 ‎IV. Dogma Universale in Iudiciis 97 ‎General Features of TpH 98 ‎III. Manuscripts and Editorial Principles 102 ‎Manuscripts for the Critical Edition of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum 102 ‎Witnesses for the Critical Edition of Tractatus Particulares 103 ‎Editorial and Translation Principles 105 ‎Key to References to Liber Electionum 109 ‎Key to References to Liber Interrogationum 109 ‎Key to References to Tractatus Particulares 109 ‎Key to References to the Modena Fragments of Mivḥarim III and Sheʾelot III 110 ‎Abbreviations and Sigla in the Latin Texts and Their Translations 111 ‎Part One. Liber Electionum 112 ‎Part Two. Notes to Liber Electionum 154 ‎Part Three. Liber Interrogationum 194 ‎Part Four. Notes to Liber Interrogationum 246 ‎Part Five. Tractatus Particulares 292 ‎Part Six. Notes to Tractatus Particulares 354 ‎Part Seven. Appendices 410 ‎Appendix 1. The Debate about the Validity and the General Principles of the Doctrine of Elections 412 ‎Appendix 2. The Debate about the Validity and the General Principles of the Doctrine of Interrogations 420 ‎Appendix 3. Elections 427 ‎Part 1: Taking a Purgative 427 ‎Part 2: Reducing Humors 429 ‎Part 3: Buying to Make a Profit 430 ‎Part 4: Setting Off on a Journey 432 ‎Part 5: Finding Something Hidden 433 ‎Part 6: Building a Wall to Protect a City 434 ‎Part 7: Pregnancy 434 ‎Part 8: Trutina Hermetis 435 ‎Part 9: Elections and Lunar Mansions 442 ‎Part 10: Marriage 444 ‎Part 11: Wars 445 ‎Part 12: Plunder 446 ‎Part 13: Study 448 ‎Part 14: Travel 448 ‎Part 15: The King 449 ‎Part 16: Love 449 ‎Part 17: Animals 450 ‎Appendix 4. Interrogations 452 ‎Part 1. Lifespan 452 ‎Part 2. Buying and Selling 452 ‎Part 3. Riches 453 ‎Part 4. A Stolen or Lost Article 454 ‎Part 5. The Outcome 457 ‎Part 6. Will the People Conspire against the King? 458 ‎Part 7. Is the Woman Pregnant? 459 ‎Part 8. A Boy or a Girl? 460 ‎Part 9. A Sick Person—Will He Live or Die? 463 ‎Part 10. Marriage 465 ‎Part 11. Wars 466 ‎Part 12. Victorious 467 ‎Part 13. Partnership 470 ‎Part 14. Fear 471 ‎Part 15. Alive or Dead? 472 ‎Part 16. Journeys 473 ‎Part 17. Will Someone Return? 474 ‎Part 18. Wealth from a King 475 ‎Part 19. Love 476 ‎Part 20. Prison 477 ‎Part 21. What the Querent Has in His Heart? 480 ‎Part 22. Color 482 ‎Part 23. Finding a Hidden Thing 483 ‎Part 24. A Fugitive Slave 484 ‎Appendix 5. Planets, Signs and Horoscopic Places 486 ‎Appendix 6. The Modena Fragments of Mivḥarim III and Sheʾelot III 504 ‎I. The Modena Fragment of Mivḥarim III 505 ‎⟨II vi⟩ 505 ‎⟨II vii⟩ Left column of left page of the hair side 506 ‎⟨II viii⟩ 509 ‎⟨II ix⟩ 510 ‎II. The Modena Fragment of Sheʾelot III 510 ‎⟨II v⟩ 510 ‎⟨II vi⟩ 512 ‎⟨II vii⟩ 514 ‎Appendix 7. Passages of Sheʾelot le-Māshāʾallāh in Tractatus Particulares 518 ‎Appendix 8. A Section of Sheʾelot le-Talmai and Its Counterpart in Ptolemy’s Iudicia 526 ‎Sheʾelot le-Talmai 526 ‎English translation 527 ‎Ptolemy’s Iudicia 528 ‎English translation 529 ‎Appendix 9. Significationes Planetarum in Domibus Ascribed to Gergis 531 ‎Liber quem edidit Iergis: quid significent planete in .12. domibus circuli. Incipiunt significationes planetarum in domibus. ⟨I. Sol⟩ 531 ‎⟨II. Venus⟩ 532 ‎⟨III. Mercurius⟩ 532 ‎⟨IV. Luna⟩ 533 ‎⟨V. Saturnus⟩ 534 ‎⟨VI. Iupiter⟩ 534 ‎⟨VII. Mars⟩ 535 ‎⟨VIII. Caput Draconis⟩ 536 ‎⟨IX. Cauda Draconis⟩ 536 ‎Appendix 10. The Account of the Seven Planets in Mishpeṭei ha-Mazzalot 538 ‎Appendix 11. Māshāʾallāh’s Book on Reading Thoughts 546 ‎⟨I.: The Hebrew Fragment⟩ 546 ‎⟨II.: The Latin Translation⟩ 546 ‎Appendix 12. The Section on Elections at the End of Nativitates 549 ‎Capitulum De communitate 549 ‎Chapter on generalities 550 ‎Appendix 13. Fragments of Epistola Argafalau ad Alexandrum 552 ‎Appendix 14. English-Latin Glossary of Technical Terms (Liber Electionum, Liber Interrogationum, Tractatus Particulares) 556 ‎Appendix 15. Latin-English Index to the English-Latin Glossary 600 ‎Appendix 16. Authorities and Sources in Liber Electionum, Liber Interrogationum and Tractatus Particulares 611 ‎Appendix 17. Literal Renderings in Liber Electionum of Hebraisms and Hebrew Words/Expressions Employed by Abraham Ibn Ezra 620 ‎Appendix 18. Literal Renderings in Liber Interrogationum of Hebraisms and Hebrew Words/Expressions Employed by Abraham Ibn Ezra 622 ‎Appendix 19. Indications of the Horoscopic Places in Liber Electionum, Mivḥarim I, Mivḥarim II, and Epitome 624 ‎Appendix 20. Indications of the Horoscopic Places in Liber Interrogationum, Sheʾelot I, Sheʾelot II, and Epitome 627 ‎Appendix 21. Index of Technical Terms and Biographical Notes 631 ‎Bibliography 637 ‎Works by Abraham Ibn Ezra 637 ‎Primary Sources 638 ‎Secondary Literature 641 ‎Index 646 Preface -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Contacts with Christian Scholars in the Twelfth Century -- The Ibn Ezra Renaissance in the Latin West -- Liber Electionum , Liber Interrogationum , and Tractatus Particulares -- I Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- Earlier Research on Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- Authorship, Links with Ibn Ezra's Work, and the Dates of Composition of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- Ibn Ezra's Approach to Elections in Liber Electionum -- Ibn Ezra's Approach to Interrogations in Liber Interrogationum -- The Organization and Contents of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- The Sources of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- Special Features of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- Linguistic Features of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- II Tractatus Particulares -- Earlier Research on Tractatus Particulares -- Manuscripts, General Features and Transmission of Tp A and Tp Q -- Structure and General Features of Tp A and Tp Q according to Their Incipits and Explicits -- Contents and Sources of Tp A and Tp Q -- General Features of Tp H -- III Manuscripts and Editorial Principles -- Manuscripts for the Critical Edition of Liber Electionum and Liber Interrogationum -- Witnesses for the Critical Edition of Tractatus Particulares -- Editorial and Translation Principles -- Part One: Liber Electionum : Latin Text and English Translation -- Part Two: Notes to Liber Electionum -- Part Three: Liber Interrogationum : Latin Text and English Translation -- Part Four: Notes to Liber Interrogationum -- Part Five: Tractatus Particulares : Latin Text and English Translation -- Part Six: Notes to Tractatus Particulares -- Part Seven: Appendices -- 1 The Debate about Elections -- 2 The Debate about Interrogations -- 3 Elections -- 4 Interrogations -- 5 Planets, Signs and Horoscopic Places -- 6 The Modena Fragments of Mivḥarim III and Sheʼelot III -- 7 Passages of Sheʼelot le-Māshāʼallāh in Tractatus Particulares -- 8 A Section of Sheʼelot le-Talmai and Its Counterpart in Ptolemy's Iudicia -- 9 Significationes Planetarum in Domibus Ascribed to Gergis -- 10 The Account of the Seven Planets in Mishpeṭei ha-Mazzalot -- 11 Māshāʼallāh's Book on Reading Thoughts -- 12 The Section on Elections at the End of Nativitates -- 13 Fragments of Epistola Argafalau ad Alexandrum -- 14 English-Latin Glossary -- 15 Latin-English Index to the English-Latin Glossary -- 16 Authorities and Sources -- 17 Literal Renderings in Liber Electionum of Hebraisms and Hebrew Words/Expressions Employed by Abraham Ibn Ezra -- 18 Literal Renderings in Liber Interrogationum of Hebraisms and Hebrew Words/Expressions Employed by Abraham Ibn Ezra -- 19 Indications of the Horoscopic Places in Liber Electionum , Mivḥarim I, Mivḥarim II, and Epitome -- 20 Indications of the Horoscopic Places in Liber Interrogationum , Sheʼelot I, Sheʼelot II, and Epitome -- 21 Index of Technical Terms and Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Index "As a result of Abraham Ibn Ezra's increasing popularity after his death, there were repeated waves of translation of collections of his Hebrew astrological treatises into Latin and into the emerging European vernaculars. A study of these versions affords us a golden opportunity to shed light on a significant missing link in our knowledge of Ibn Ezra's astrological oeuvre. The present volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied by an English translation, a commentary, and an introductory study, of three Latin texts on the astrological doctrines of elections and interrogations, written by or attributed to Abraham Ibn Ezra: the Liber electionum, the Liber interrogationum, and the Tractatus particulares"-- Provided by publisher