Editing Herman of Carinthia (section)

===Astrology and astronomy===
Herman's first known translation was the sixth book of an astrological treatise ''Liber sextus astronomie'' by the Jewish writer  [[Sahl ibn Bishr]].  It was released in Spain in 1138 under the title ''Zaelis fatidica'' (''Prophesy'').  Sahl ibn Bishr had been writing in the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] astrological tradition. Ibn Bishr's first five books were preserved in the translation of [[John of Seville]] (Johannes Hispanus) (circa 1090 – circa 1150). The sixth book deals with three thematic topics regarding the influences on the world and its inhabitants. The work contains [[divination]]s based on the movements of the planets and comets.

Circa 1140 Herman translated into Latin the astronomical work of [[Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi]] ''Kitab al-madkhal ila ilm ahkam al nujum'' (''Introduction to Astronomy'').<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=Introduction to Astronomy, Containing the Eight Divided Books of Abu Ma'shar Abalachus|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2998|work=Astronomy & allied sciences|publisher=[[World Digital Library]]|access-date=27 February 2013}}</ref>  The work contains problems from Greek philosophy, Arabic [[astronomy]] and Eastern [[astrology]], and was first translated into Latin by John of Seville in 1133.  Herman's less literal translation was published several times under the title ''Liber introductorius in astronomiam Albumasaris, Abalachii'' (Augusta Vindelicorum, [[Augsburg]] 1489; [[Venice]] 1495 and 1506). A large part of Herman's translation was copied into [[Roger of Hereford]]'s ''Book of Astronomical Judgements''. Sections of Herman's translation were also compiled by the otherwise-unknown medieval author [[Georgius Zothorus Zaparus Fendulus]] into his richly illustrated ''Liber astrologiae'' (''Liber Abumazarus'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burnett |first=Charles |title=Liber astrologiae (Abū Maʿshar Treatise) |publisher=M. Moleiro Editor |year=2023 |isbn=9788416509607 |location=Barcelona |pages=83–103 |language=en |chapter=The History of the Text: From Abū Maʿshar to Georgius Fendulus}}</ref>

Herman produced a version of [[Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī]]'s astronomical tables (''zij'') – they were also translated in 1126 by [[Adelard of Bath]] (1075–1164).

Charles Burnett (2001) postulates that Herman collaborated with Robert of Ketton and [[Hugo of Santalla]] on the ''Liber novem iudicum'' (the Book of Nine Judges), a collection of translations of Arabic astrologers, notably [[al-Kindi]]. Their project may have been to supplant the current superstitious Latin astrology with Arabic astronomical science. Arabic texts cite often [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermes]] as an authority. Burnett postulates that Renaissance magi merely continued this Hermetic tradition begun by Herman, Robert and Hugh. Herman shares technical terminology with Hugh and a penchant for evocation of the ''[[Hermetica|Asclepius]]'', most notably in ''De essentiis'' (see below)