Re: VMs: George of Trebizond...?

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

If you don't know who David Pingree is (I didn't, but certainly should have 
done):-

http://www.smoe.org/arcana/astrol3.html

	[Research Sources For Astrology]

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	Pingree, David, "Astrology," in Philip P. Weiner, ed.,
	Dictionary of the History of Ideas (NY: Charles Scribner's
	Sons, 1968) {"This is a short (8 p) article which expresses
	the views of D. Pingree, a distinguished historian of
	science, who has specialized in editing and translating
	astrological texts of great importance. His views are
	probably from outside of the astrological community,
	but place astrological ideas in the context of their
	contribution to the general history of western intellectual
	development. It is as important as Tester for
	understanding the contribution of the classical world to
	present day astrological methods, and more important
	for understanding the bridge to Arabic and Indian
	Astrology." --Win Rowe. Pingree took Neugebauer's
	and Sach's position at Brown University and is
	probably America's leading historian of astrology.}

So: if David Pingree says Trebizond was born at midnight 4/5 April 1436, I 
strongly suspect that (a) Pingree probably has been able to derive 
Trebizond's horoscope from subtle textual clues, and (b) he's probably 
managed to get it right. :-)

I now very much look forward to seeing Collecteana Trapezuntii for myself, 
which will almost certainly describe Trebizond's horoscope! :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....

PS: if someone else gets there first, can they please post details to the 
list? [Phil - when will you next be in the BL?] :-)

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