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Title
Stephen of Pisa and Antioch : Liber Mamonis : An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States / Dirk Grupe.
ISBN
9783030192341 (electronic book)
3030192342 (electronic book)
9783030192334
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (444 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-19
Call Number
QB23 .G78 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
520.9
Summary
This volume aims to make Stephen of Pisa and Antiochs 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 dAgglomération, 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019).
Series
Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
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.
