Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Note on Terminology, Orthography, and Transliteration xix
6. Part I. The Presence of Arabic Traditions
7. 1. Introduction: Editions and Curricula 3
8. 2. Bio-Bibliography: A Canon of Learned Men 28
9. 3. Philology: Translators’ Programs and Techniques 69
10. Part II. Greeks versus Arabs
11. 4. Materia medica: Humanists on Laxatives 137
12. 5. Philosophy: Averroes’s Partisans and Enemies 179
13. 6. Astrology: Ptolemy against the Arabs 248
14. 7. Conclusion 293
15. Appendix: The Availability of Arabic Authors in Latin Editions of the Renaissance 317
16. Abbreviations 409
17. Notes 411
18. Bibliography 549
19. Acknowledgments 633
20. Index of Names 635
21. General Index 655