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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2019. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (444 pages) |
Disciplina: | 520.9174927 |
520.9 | |
Soggetto topico: | Mathematics |
History | |
Astronomy | |
Astrophysics | |
History of Mathematical Sciences | |
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
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. . |
Titolo autorizzato: | Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis |
ISBN: | 3-030-19234-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910349317603321 |
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