Abd al-Aziz ibn Uthman

Abū s-Saqr ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿUthmān al-Qabīsī ( Arabic عبد العزيز بن عثمان أبو الصقر القبيصي, DMG Abū ṣ-Ṣaqr ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿUṯmān al-Qabīṣī ; † 967 in Aleppo ; Latinized: Alchabitius, Alcabitius and Alkabitius ) was an Arabic astrologer and mathematician of the 10th century.

Live and act

Died in Aleppo in 967, no dates of birth have been passed down from Alkabitius, his Latin name. What is certain is that he lived and probably also worked in Mosul for several years . Most recently he was apparently at the caliph's court of Sultan Saif ad-Daula in Aleppo. Alkabitius' introduction to the art of star interpretation developed into an extremely widespread astrological work from the High Middle Ages to the Renaissance . Furthermore, his preoccupation with the problem of the so-called astrological horoscope houses made him known.

His work was translated into Latin by Johannes Hispalensis and commented on by Johann von Sachsen in 1331. This made Al-Battani's daybow method known to the West. In addition, there are (three) German transmissions from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Works

Liber isagogicus ad scientiam iudicialem astronomiae. Venice: Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio; 26 July 1491
Liber isagogicus ad scientiam judicialem astronomiae. ; Venice: Erhard Ratdolt ; Jan. 16, 1482
Liber isagogicus de planetarum conjunctionibus s. Introductorium. Venice: Johannes & Gregorius de Gregoriis; 1491
Preclarum summi in astrorum scientia Alchabitii opus ad scrutanda stellarum magisteria isagogicum pristino candori nuperrime restitutum ab. ; Venice: Imprint per Melchiorem Sessam & Petrum de Ravanis sicios; 1521
Libellus ysagogicus Abdilazi ad magisterium judiciorum astrorum Interpretatus a Joanne Hispalensi ; Venice; Radtolt 1485
Liber de nativitatibus (handwritten in the Paris library)

literature

Charles Burnett, Keiji Yamamoto, Michio Yano, (Eds.): Al-Qabisi-Alcabitius-Introduction-Astrology-Institute . Warburg Institute (June 2004), ISBN 978-0-85481-132-8 .
Sibylle Schadl: Alkabitius: "Libellus isagogicus". A textbook of astrology. Philosophical dissertation Heidelberg 1987 (with edition of the old German Alkabitius version II).

Individual evidence

↑ Introduction to the Art of Judgments of the Stars . 1512. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
↑ Kocku von Stuckrad : History of Astrology . CH Beck, Munich 2003, pp. 178-179.
↑ Gundolf Keil : The anatomei-term in the Paracelsus pathology. With a historical perspective on Samuel Hahnemann. In: Hartmut Boockmann, Bernd Moeller , Karl Stackmann (eds.): Life lessons and world designs in the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern age. Politics - Education - Natural History - Theology. Report on colloquia of the commission to research the culture of the late Middle Ages 1983 to 1987 (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen: philological-historical class. Volume III, No. 179). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, ISBN 3-525-82463-7 , pp. 336-351, here: pp. 342 f.

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personal data
SURNAME	Abd al-Aziz ibn Uthman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alchabitius; Alcabitius; Alkabitius; Abû al-Saqr al-Qabîsî; Abd al Aziz al Kabisi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	arab astrologer
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century or 10th century
DATE OF DEATH	967
Place of death	Aleppo

[WDL-1] Introduction to the Art of Judgments of the Stars . 1512. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[2] Kocku von Stuckrad : History of Astrology . CH Beck, Munich 2003, pp. 178-179.

[3] Gundolf Keil : The anatomei-term in the Paracelsus pathology. With a historical perspective on Samuel Hahnemann. In: Hartmut Boockmann, Bernd Moeller , Karl Stackmann (eds.): Life lessons and world designs in the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern age. Politics - Education - Natural History - Theology. Report on colloquia of the commission to research the culture of the late Middle Ages 1983 to 1987 (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen: philological-historical class. Volume III, No. 179). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, ISBN 3-525-82463-7 , pp. 336-351, here: pp. 342 f.