Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis

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

Dirk Grupe (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 439 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-19236-5 (ISBN)

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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
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