Seeing the face, seeing the soul : Polemon's Physiognomy from classical antiquity to medieval Islam / edited by Simon Swain ; with contributions by George Boys-Stones [and others].

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

ix, 699 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [663]-690) and index.

Introduction / Simon Swain. Pt. I. Antiquity. Physiognomy and ancient psychological theory / George Boys-Stone -- Polemon's Physiognomy / Simon Swain -- Physiognomics: art and text / Jaś Elsner. Pt. II. Islam. The Islamic background to Polemon's treatise / Robert Hoyland -- The semiotic paradigm: physiognomy and medicine in Islamic culture / Antonella Ghersetti -- Polemon's Physiognomy in the Arabic tradition / Antonella Ghersetti with Simon Swain. Pt. III. Texts and translations. A new edition and translation of the Leiden Polemon / Robert Hoyland -- The Istanbul Polemon (TK Recension): edition and translation of the introduction / Antonella Ghersetti -- The Physiognomy of Adamantius the Sophist / Ian Repath -- Anonymus Latinus, Book of Physiognomy / Ian Repath. Appendix: The Physiognomy attributed to Aristotle / Simon Swain.

Includes excerpts from the original text in Arabic, Greek, and Latin.