Dirk Grupe

Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis

An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-19233-4
• 1st ed. 2019
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1016g
• ISBN-13: 9783030192334
• ISBN-10: 3030192334
• Artikelnr.: 55970543

Inhaltsangabe

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.