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Mnemosyne Atlas 20

Perseus wearing a turban

Greek planetary gods reach the East: variations and misunderstandings of original western attributes in the work of Arab astrologer Abu Ma'sar. Enslavement of Man to astral influences in Eastern divination practices: vocations and crafts of 'children of the planets'.

Notes by Aby Warburg (1929)

Praktik. Arab Bagdad

Arabic magic practice, Bagdad.

Notes by Aby Warburg and coll. (1929)

Entwicklung der griech. Kosmologie zu arab Praktik. Abu-Masar. Planetenbeschäftigungen.

Development from Greek cosmology to Arab practice. Abu-Masar. The occupations inspired by the planets.

Notes by Gertrud Bing (ca. 1940)

Griech. Sternglaube im arab. Gewande. Abu Mašar. Planetenkinder + ihre Berufe. Astrologische Geographie. Perseus. Opfer (Ablösung des blutigen Opfers). Was ist die (von Wbg. einer früheren Austellung offenbar ausdrücklich hinzugefügte). Hs. mit Skorpion u. Schlange. 3. Bild Anklang an Jupiter + Saturn aus d. Lichtenberger?

Greek faith in the stars in Arabic guise. Abu Mašar. Children of the planets + their professions. Astrological geography. Perseus. Sacrifice (replacement of the bloody sacrifice). Why the manuscript with the scorpion and serpent (which Warburg evidently added from an earlier exhibition) – an echo of the third image of Jupiter + Saturn from the Lichtenberger manuscript?

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