Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis
An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States
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2020
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1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-19236-5 (ISBN)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-19236-5 (ISBN)
This volume aims to make Stephen of Pisa and Antioch's work on the celestial sciences accessible to a wider readership, providing not just the text but a translation and introduction as well. The edition is based on the only known manuscript of the Liber Mamonis, MS Cambrai, Médiathèque d'Agglomération, A 930. It is split into two parts: the first provides an extensive introduction to Stephen and his work, while the second features the edition and translation. A comprehensive glossary and collection of photographs of plates are also included.
Preface.- I. Introduction.- 1. Studies in Arabic Astronomy in the Early Crusader States.- 2. The Liber Mamonis, its author and his Main Source.- 3. Stephen's Version of On the Configuration.- 4. The Content and Purpose of Stephen's Commentary.- 5. Stephen's Astronomical Sources and his Los Regule Canonis.- II. Edition & Translation.- Book I.- Book II.- Book III.- Book IV.- A. Glossary.- B. Plates.
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.11.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
Zusatzinfo | XI, 439 p. 37 illus. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 854 g |
Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
Schlagworte | Almagest • Arabic cosmography • Ibn al-Haytham • Macrobius • Regule Canonis |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-19236-9 / 3030192369 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-19236-5 / 9783030192365 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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