1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393995003316

Autore

Sagredo Giovanni <1616-ca. 1696.>

Titolo

A relation, or an account of the Imperial Court, by Sacredo, a noble Venetian-Senator. Given in an oration made by him to the Doge (or Duke) of Venice, in the Venetian Senate-House, of what things happened during the last war of the Emperor with the Turks, and during his embassy to the Emperor, at his return out of Germany to Venice. Done into English by T.G. Esq [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for W. Crooke at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar, and G. Wells at the Sun in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1685

Descrizione fisica

[28], 88, [4] p

Altri autori (Persone)

T. G

Soggetti

Courts and courtiers

Venice (Italy) History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C..

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0055



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349317603321

Autore

Grupe Dirk

Titolo

Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis : An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States / / by Dirk Grupe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-19234-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 pages)

Collana

Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, , 2196-8810

Disciplina

520.9174927

520.9

Soggetti

Mathematics

History

Astronomy

Astrophysics

History of Mathematical Sciences

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. .