02688oam 2200721 c 450 991096772290332120260102090118.03-657-70516-310.30965/9783657705160(CKB)4100000011287335(nllekb)BRILL9783657705160(MiAaPQ)EBC6538950(Au-PeEL)EBL6538950(OCoLC)1246577700(Brill | Schöningh)9783657705160(Brill | Schöningh)9783657705160(EXLCZ)99410000001128733520260102d2020 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierChrist Came Forth from IndiaGeorgian Astrological Texts of the 17th, 18th and 19th CenturiesTimothy Paul Grove1st ed.PaderbornBrill | Schöningh20201 online resourceEurasian Studies Library15Includes index.3-506-70516-4 In Christ Came Forth From India, Timothy Paul Grove offers a survey and contextualiztion of early modern Georgian writings on astrology, astronomy, and cosmology. These texts include the widely distributed translations of the Almanacco Perpetuo of Ottavio Beltrano (1653), a text brought to the Caucasus by Roman Catholic missionaries, several texts attributed to King Vakht’ang VI of Kartli (1675–1737), and two 19th century manuscripts which incorporate much older material. The numerous Georgian texts are described and examined in terms of their chronology and interrelated content, their literary relationship to texts from outside the Caucasus, and their context within the astrological literature of Europe, the Near East, and the Far East.Eurasian Studies Library ;15.CaucasusSilk RoadSeidenstraßeVakht’ang VITheatinesBeltranoBenincasaVainakhArmenianDivinationMeteorologyCaucasusSilk RoadSeidenstraßeVakht’ang VITheatinesBeltranoBenincasaVainakhArmenianDivinationMeteorology940Grove Timothy Paulaut1835885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967722903321Christ Came Forth from India4413391UNINA