Graeco-Arabic Astronomy for Twelfth-Century Latin Readers : Ptolomeus et multi sapientum (Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus) — Robert of Chester, Liber canonum, pt. II (Time, Astronomy, and Calendars)

Nothaft, C. Philipp E.

Brill（2022/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 357 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004526914

Full Description

This volume makes available two little-known twelfth-century Latin sources on mathematical astronomy: the anonymous Ptolomeus et multi sapientum... (c.1145), which is attributable to the famous Jewish astrologer Abraham Ibn Ezra, and the surviving second part of Robert of Chester's Liber canonum, which accompanied the Tables of London (c.1150). Both texts are introductory-level works originally written to educate a Latin Christian audience in the concepts and techniques involved in computing with astronomical tables. They are here presented in critical editions with facing English translations. The accompanying introductions and in-depth commentaries elucidate their significance in the context of twelfth-century Latin astronomy.

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations and Manuscript Sigla

Part 1 Ptolomeus et multi sapientum

Introduction

 1 General Characteristics

 2 The Tables of Pisa/Lucca

 3 Authorship

 4 Reception

 5 Transmission

 6 Editorial Principles

Ptolemy and Many among the Sages ...

 I On the Length of the Year

 II On the Construction of Tables

 III On the Motions of the Planets

Commentary

Appendix: Description of C, fols. 75v-80v

Part 2 Robert of Chester, Liber Canonum, pt. II: Tables of London

Introduction

 1 Sources and General Characteristics

 2 Structure and Style

 3 Transmission

 4 The Tables of London

 5 The Tables of Toledo

 6 Reception

 7 Editorial Principles

Robert of Chester, Book of Canons, Part II

Commentary

Appendix: Additions to the Text in A and S

Bibliography

Index