Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis - An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States

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. 

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Authors: Dirk Grupe
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2020
• EAN: 9783030192365
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3019236-5
• No. of pages: 439
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 24 mm x 254 mm
• Illustrations: XI, 439 p. 37 illus.
• Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries