{"product_id":"albertus-magnus-on-animals-v1-a-medieval-summa-zoologica-revised-edition-volume-1-paperback","title":"Albertus Magnus on Animals V1: A Medieval Summa Zoologica Revised Edition Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth F. Kitchell Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIrven Michael Resnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbertus Magnus has long been recognized as one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages; his contemporaries conferred upon him the title \u003ci\u003eDoctor Universalis\u003c\/i\u003e. An epitaph at his tomb described him as prince among philosophers, greater than Plato, and hardly inferior to King Solomon in wisdom. In 1941, Pope Pius XII named Albertus Magnus patron saint of scientists. In his work \u003ci\u003eDe animalibus, \u003c\/i\u003e Albert integrated the vast amount of information on nature that had come down to him in previous centuries: the exposition of Michael Scotus's translation from the Arabic of Aristotle's books on the natural world (Books 1-19), Albert's own revisions to Aristotle's teachings (Books 20-21), and a \"dictionary\" of animals appropriated largely from the \u003ci\u003eDe natura rerum\u003c\/i\u003e of Thomas of Cantimpré (Books 22-26). Albert's comprehensive treatise on living things was acknowledged as the reputable authority in biology for almost five hundred years. In this translated and annotated edition, Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr. and Irven Michael Resnick illuminate the importance of this work, allowing Albert's magnum opus to be better understood and more widely appreciated than ever before. Broken into two volumes (Books 1-10 and 11-26), \u003ci\u003eAlbertus Magnus On Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a veritable medieval scientific encyclopedia, ranging in topics from medicine, embryology, and comparative anatomy to women, hunting and everyday life, commerce, and much more--an essential work for historians, medievalists, scientists, and philosophers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth F. Kitchell Jr. is Professor Emeritus in the Classics Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Irven Michael Resnick holds the Chair of Excellence in Judaic Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Together they have published an earlier edition of \u003ci\u003eAlbertus Magnus On Animals: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Medieval \u003c\/i\u003eSumma Zoologica (1999); Albertus Magnus's \u003ci\u003eQuestions Concerning Aristotle's \"On Animals\"\u003c\/i\u003e (2008); and \u003ci\u003eAlbert the Great: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(1900-2000) \u003c\/i\u003e(2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 904\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47416079057074,"sku":"9780814254523","price":107.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a448011c420a082eff43450f35395c97.webp?v=1778396304","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/albertus-magnus-on-animals-v1-a-medieval-summa-zoologica-revised-edition-volume-1-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}