Hispanic

Japanese: Hispanus
Hispanic

...because it contains many astrological descriptions. After Hispanus translated Greek palmistry into Latin and introduced it as "a science worthy of the attention of noble and learned men," it was widely accepted in Rome. As Christianity gained power, palmistry was banished along with astrology, but in the early 13th century it was brought back to Europe by the Knights Templar who participated in the Crusades, where it took root, and even the clergy began to study it.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Hispanus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…占星術的な叙述が多いからである。ヒスパヌスHispanusがギリシアの手相術をラテン語に翻訳し,〈高潔で好学の士の注目に値する学問〉として紹介して以後,ローマでも広く受け入れられた。その後キリスト教が勢力を得るにつれて,手相術は占星術などとともに放逐されたが,13世紀初頭には十字軍遠征に参加したテンプル騎士団によって再びヨーロッパに持ちこまれて根づき,聖職者たちも研究するようになった。…

※「Hispanus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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