hist-games: Alfonso, again

[Jane & Mark Waks]

Greg Lindahl wrote:
> The translation of Alfonso X's book has disappeared from the
> U Arizona website, but a guy got permission from the translator
> to create a document which combines the translation and images,
> and it's available at:
> 
> http://www.mediafire.com/?nenjj1dimtd

Actually, while that's useful for the images it contains, you can do 
better than that for the rest. The full dissertation (of which the 
translation is a smallish part) is available online from the University 
of Arizona. You can download the PDF at:

http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_etd_2444_1_m.pdf&type=application/pdf

Note that that's almost 7 Meg.

It can also be purchased in paper form from University Microfilms: it's 
not bound, but it's only 40 bucks, which is quite a good price given 
that the dissertation is over 1400 pages. Besides the translation, it 
has tons of background, analysis, detailed discussion of the book's art, 
and some interesting theorizing about the Hermetic implications of the text.

I *strongly* recommend getting the full dissertation, whether in paper 
or electronic form. I've only had time to skim it so far, but it looks 
to be one of the best books ever published in the field.

(Disclaimer: she spends a couple of pages talking about my Astrological 
Tables reconstruction, and declares that it doesn't totally suck. This 
does incline me to be sympathetic towards her. But I think that, 
objectively, it's still a very worthwhile book...)

				-- Justin