agents of transmission, translation and transformationWallis, Faitheditor.Wisnovsky, Robert1964-editor.textbibliographyElectronic books.History.Electronic books.mau20162016monographiceng1 online resource.Introduction: agents of transmission, translation and transformation / Faith Wallis and Robert Wisnovsky -- Agents and agencies? : the many facets of translation in Byzantine medicine / Alain Touwaide -- Galenism at the ʻAbbāsid Court / Keren Abbou Hershkovits -- A new catalogue of medieval translations into Latin of texts on astronomy and astrology / Charles Burnett and David Juste -- Bernat Metge and Hasdai Crescas : a conversation / Warren Zev Harvey -- Transmitting the astrolabe : Chaucer, Islamic astronomy, and the astrolabic text / Christine Chism -- Literary criticism in the Vulgate commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses / Frank T. Coulson -- On the individuality of the medieval translator / Michael McVaugh -- Charles I of Anjou as initiator of the Liber Continens translation : patronage between foreign affairs and medical interest / Raphaela Veit -- The transmission of Azarquiel's magic squares in Latin Europe / Rosa Comes -- On the integration of Islamic and Jewish thought : an unknown project proposal by Shlomo Pines / Carlos Fraenkel.edited by Faith Wallis and Robert Wisnovsky.Papers based on the second interdisciplinary workshop, entitled "Agents of Transmission, Translation and Transformation", convened by McGill University Research Group on Transmission, Translation and Transformation in Medieval Cultures in 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.Learning and scholarshipHistoryMedieval, 500-1500CongressesTransmission of textsHistoryTo 1500CongressesTranslating and interpretingHistoryTo 1500CongressesScience and the humanitiesHistoryTo 1500CongressesCivilization, MedievalCongressesMiddle AgesCongressesRELIGIONComparative ReligionChristian scholarsCivilization, MedievalJewish scholarsMiddle AgesMuslim scholarsScience and the humanities To 1500 fast AZ321001.209/02Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016](DLC) 20160379149783110467307 (Pdf)3110467305 (Pdf)9783110465709 (Epub)3110465701 (Epub)2017029632http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1343020http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1343020DLC17062020200709060507.0ocn957609978eng