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Introductorium in Astronomiam (1489)
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The work 'Introductorium in Astronomiam' (Great Introduction to Astrology) by Abu Ma'shar has been translated into English from the original Arabic by Keiji Yamamoto and Charles Burnett (Brill, 2019). However, the 1489 edition in question is a Latin translation of the original Arabic, produced by Hermannus Dalmata. No English translation of this specific Latin text exists; the modern English translations are based on the Arabic original, not the medieval Latin version.
The Great Introduction to Astrology by Abū Maʿsar (2 vols.), trans. Keiji Yamamoto and Charles Burnett (2019) [complete] source
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