de Animalibus. Michael Scot's Arabic-Latin Translation, Volume 2 Books XI-XIV: Parts of Animals

de Animalibus. Michael Scot's Arabic-Latin Translation, Volume 2 Books XI-XIV: Parts of Animals Book Description

Aristotle's De Animalibus has been a very important source of zoological knowledge both for the ancient Greeks and for the medieval Arabs and Europeans. The work has twice been translated into Latin, once direct from the Greek by William of Moerbeke and once by Michael Scot from an existing Arabic translation. Of these, Scot's translation is the oldest. The De Animalibus is composed of three sections: 'History of Animals' (10 books), 'Parts of Animals' (4 books) and 'Generation of Animals' (5 books). The present volume contains the first critical edition of Scot's translation of the second edition. The edition of the third section is already available (1992), the first section is in preparation.

Aristotle has contributed to de Animalibus. Michael Scot's Arabic-Latin Translation, Volume 2 Books XI-XIV: Parts of Animals as an author. Other works by the renowned classical scholar, translator, and literary critic Francis Fergusson include "The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays," "Sallies of the Mind: Essays," "Trope and Allegory: Themes Common to Dante and Shakespeare," and "Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the "Purgatorio.
Translator and scholar S. H. Butcher served as editor for the Dover Thift Edition of the "Poetics," as well as for the "Orationes, Volume 1" by Demosthenes. Butcher is also the author of "Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art,"

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