Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 192 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789004351165
Series Statement:
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum 203
Uniform Title:
Harmonics
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Bibliography -- Index of Greek Terms -- Index of Manuscripts and Papyri Cited -- General Index -- Supplements to Mnemosyne /J. M. Bremer , L. F. Janssen , H. Pinkster , H. W. Pleket , C. J. Ruijgh and P. H. Schrijvers.
Content:
Ptolemy's comprehensive treatises on astronomy and geography were influential for nearly two millennia. Equally influential was his treatise on harmonics, the ancient science which combined and brought to completion the study of philosophy and science. This volume offers a comprehensive English translation and commentary of Ptolemy's Harmonics . The treatise begins with Ptolemy's study of pitches and intervals, for which he extracts both an idealized musical scale and a new acoustical tool. After discussing modulation, he expands his horizons by applying musical intervals to the human soul and celestial bodies, ultimately describing a cosmic harmony. The English translation faithfully reproduces Ptolemy's style and includes all the charts surviving in the manuscript tradition. The commentary offers a full exegesis of the text, loci paralleli, and citations of modern scholarly sources
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004115910
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ptolemy, 2nd cent Harmonics Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004351165
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