LEADER 03014nam 2200553 450 001 9910777823003321 005 20230721031544.0 010 $a0-19-156949-6 010 $a1-4294-9191-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473258 035 $a(EBL)430363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243425 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12076579 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243425 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10322117 035 $a(PQKB)10533428 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430363 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11303419 035 $a(OCoLC)170958755 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473258 100 $a20161202h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSeeing the face, seeing the soul $ePolemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam /$fedited by Simon Swain ; with contributions by George Boys-Stones [and five others] 210 1$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (710 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-929153-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; 1.Introduction; PART I. ANTIQUITY; 2.Physiognomy and Ancient Psychological Theory; 3.Polemon's Physiognomy; 4.Physiognomics: Art and Text; PART II. ISLAM; 5.The Islamic Background to Polemon's Treatise; 6.The Semiotic Paradigm: Physiognomy and Medicine in Islamic Culture; 7.Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic Tradition; PART III. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS; 8.A New Edition and Translation of the Leiden Polemon; 9.The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): Edition and Translation of the Introduction; 10.The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist 327 $a11.Anonymus Latinus, Book of PhysiognomyAppendix: The Physiognomy Attributed to Aristotle; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aPolemon of Laodicea's Physiognomy explains how to detect someone's character from their appearance. The original 2nd-century text has been lost, but this collection of essays presents translations of the surviving Greek, Latin, and Arabic versions together with a series of masterly studies on the Physiognomy's origins, function, and legacy. - ;Polemon of Laodicea (near modern Denizli, south-west Turkey) was a wealthy Greek aristocrat and a key member of the intellectual movement known as the Second Sophistic. Among his works was the Physiognomy, a manual on how to tell character from appearanc 606 $aPhysiognomy$xHistory 615 0$aPhysiognomy$xHistory. 676 $a138.09 702 $aSwain$b Simon 702 $aBoys-Stones$b G. R. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777823003321 996 $aSeeing the face, seeing the soul$91376656 997 $aUNINA