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Ref No	WIA GC/11508
Title	Warburg, Aby to Boll, [Franz] 21/12/1911
Writer	Warburg, Aby
Recipient	Boll
Date	21/12/1911
DateNote	Kopierbuch IV, 206, 207
Format	manuscript
Contents	reports on the progress of his research; he was able to find evidence to document the Ferrara research conclusively; Albumazar ['Abu Ma'shar'] is ever more central to his research; talks about the threefold Sphaera, [Pietro d'] Abano-Angeli, the manuscript by Alfonso el Sabio which Warburg discovered in the Vaticana; mentions the Lapidario, the hermetic practice of Teukros with Decans and the ring stones, and wonders which Arabic book by Abu Ma'shar was Alfonso's source; Arabic manuscripts in the Escorial, Persian manuscripts in the British Museum ought to be checked; 'St. Dyroff, help!'; (hopes that K. Dyroff will supply translations); he is waiting to study the Heidelberg manuscript, might do so on his way to a winter holiday; the other day Warburg gave a lecture in 'Kränzchen' about Boll's book; its importance for Warburg increases day by day; complains that there is a lot of Greek in the book; sends New Year greetings

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