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The Secret of Secrets: The East Slavic Version: Introduction, Text, Annotated Translation, and Slavic Index: 7 (Warburg Institute Studies & Texts) - Softcover

Ryan, W. F.; Taube, Moshe

 
9781908590732: The Secret of Secrets: The East Slavic Version: Introduction, Text, Annotated Translation, and Slavic Index: 7 (Warburg Institute Studies & Texts)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908590734 ISBN 13: 9781908590732
Publisher: University of London Press, 2019

Synopsis

The Secret of Secrets, purportedly the advice of Aristotle to Alexander the Great on all the knowledge needed by a great king, has been translated into many languages from its original Arabic. The Hebrew version was translated into a variety of East Slavic, probably in Kiev before 1483. This idiosyncratic version contains major interpolations: a physiognomy by Razes and treatises on poison, sex, and asthma by Maimonides. This annotated edition contains a historical introduction, the text, manuscript variants, an analytical glossary, and an English translation.

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Publisher
University of London Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908590734
ISBN 13 
9781908590732
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
528