Generation of Animals

Aristotle's "De Animalibus" was the main source of zoological knowledge both for the ancient Greeks and the medieval Arabs and Europeans. The work was translated twice into Latin, once direct from the Greek by Moerbeke and once from an Arabic translation by Michael Scot. Of these, Scot's translation is the oldest. The "De Animalibus" is divided into three sections: "History of Animals" (ten books), "Parts of Animals" (four books) and "Generation of Animals" (five books). This volume contains a critical edition of the Scot's translations of the latter section. It also contains a word index to the original Greek text of "Generation of Animals".