The astrological autobiography of a medieval philosopher : Henry Bate's Nativitas (1280-81) / edited and introduced by Carlos Steele, Steven Vanden Broecke, David Juste and Shlomo Sela.

The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246 - after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his 'Nativitas' a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode the fate of one?s own life and its idiosyncrasies. 'The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher' offers the first critical edition of Bate?s 'Nativitas'. An extensive introduction presents Bate?s life and work and sheds new light on the reception and use of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts among scholars in Paris at the end of the 13th century. The book thus provides a major new resource for scholars working on medieval science, autobiography, and notions of personhood and individuality.

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2.2.3. Return to the Low Countries: courtly connections, astrology, and an ecclesiastical career2.2.4. After the Nativitas; 2.3. Bate's self-portrait; Chapter 3: Bate's astrological and astronomical works (David Juste); 3.1. Original works; 3.1.1. Magistralis compositio astrolabii (1274); 3.1.2. [Equatorium planetarum] (date unknown); 3.1.3. Tables of Mechelen -- Tabule Machlinienses (first version before 1280); 3.1.4. Nativitas (1280-81); 3.1.5. De diebus creticis periodorumque causis (after 1281, perhaps 1292); 3.1.6.Commentary on Albumasar's De magnis coniunctionibus (lost)

[3.1.7.] †Tractatus in quo ostenduntur defectus tabularum Alfonsi3.2. Translations; 3.2.1. Alkindi, Liber de iudiciis revolutionum annorum mundi (1278); 3.2.2. Abraham Avenezra, De mundo vel seculo I [Sefer ha-ʻolam I] (1281); 3.2.3. Abraham Avenezra, De luminaribus [Sefer ha-meʼorot] (1292); 3.2.4. Abraham Avenezra, Introductorius ad astronomiam [Reshit ḥokhmah] (1292); 3.2.5. Abraham Avenezra, Liber rationum I [Sefer ha-ṭeʻamim I] (1292); 3.2.6. Abraham Avenezra, Liber rationum II [Sefer ha-ṭeʻamim II] (1292)

3.2.7. Abraham Avenezra, Liber introductionis ad iudicia astrologie [Mishpeṭei ha-mazzalot] (1292)[3.2.8] †De fortitudine planetarum; Chapter 4: Bate's Nativitas: the earliest known astrological autobiography (Steven Vanden Broecke); 4.1. Purpose; 4.2. 'Autobiography' and astrological meaning-making in the Nativitas; 4.2.1. Astrological judgment and self-guidance; 4.2.2. Particularity and notions of selfhood; 4.2.3. The inhabitable birth chart; 4.3. Precedents and reception; 4.4. Structure and synopsis of the Nativitas; Chapter 5: Bate's Nativitas in context (David Juste)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in Latin; introduction in English.

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