Format:
xix, 346 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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25 cm
ISBN:
9782503568768
Series Statement:
De diversis artibus tome 101 (N.S. 64)
Content:
This volume contains the first complete edition and study of the works of Walcher of Malvern, a key figure in Latin astronomy around 1100. Walcher, the prior of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (d. 1135), is a landmark figure in the history of medieval science, whose work brought the Latin computistical tradition to its apex while foreshadowing the twelfth-century Renaissance in mathematical astronomy. His most famous achievement is the observation of a lunar eclipse in 1092 with the aid of an astrolabe, which is the first of its kind to be recorded in a Latin source. In spite of his renown, Walcher's writings have never received any close scrutiny and the precise rationale and modalities behind his observations and calculations remain ill-understood. This volume contains the first complete edition of Walcher's two known treatises (De lunationibus and De Dracone), together with an English translation and a detailed commentary. An introductory study will elucidate the background to his scientific pursuits and situate them in the intellectual and disciplinary context of the late-eleventh and early-twelfth century, when Latin astronomy underwent a transformative period of lasting significance
Language:
Latin
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Walcher von Malvern -1135 De lunationibus
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Walcher von Malvern -1135 De dracone
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Kommentar
Author information:
Nothaft, C. Philipp E.
