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  1. Seeing the face, seeing the soul
    Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1429491914; 9781429491914
    RVK Categories: CD 1700 ; FH 61803
    Subjects: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General; Physiognomy; Islam / history; Psychological Theory; Fysiognomiek; Literatur; Physiognomik; Geschichte; Physiognomy
    Other subjects: Polemo, Antonius / ca. 88-145; Polemo, Antonius / ca. 88-145 / Physiognomica; Polemon, Marcus Antonius / 90-145 / De Pysiognomonia liber; Polemo, Antonius (approximately 88-145): Physiognomy; Polemon, Marcus Antonius (90-145): De Pysiognomonia liber
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 699 p.)
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    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [663]-690) and index

    Introduction / Simon Swain. pt. I. Antiquity. Physiognomy and ancient psychological theory / George Boys-Stone -- Polemon's Physiognomy / Simon Swain -- Physiognomics: art and text / Jaś Elsner. pt. II. Islam. The Islamic background to Polemon's treatise / Robert Hoyland -- The semiotic paradigm: physiognomy and medicine in Islamic culture / Antonella Ghersetti -- Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic tradition / Antonella Ghersetti with Simon Swain. pt. III. Texts and translations. A new edition and translation of the Leiden Polemon / Robert Hoyland -- The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): edition and translation of the introduction / Antonella Ghersetti -- The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist / Ian Repath -- Anonymus Latinus, Book of Physiognomy / Ian Repatyh. Appendix: The Physiognomy attributed to Aristotle / Simon Swain