Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science.

Haskins, Charles Homer:

Published by Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927

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xx, 411 p. Der Einband ist leicht berieben und bestoßen, die Seiten sind papierbedingt nachgedunkelt, ansonsten ein gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / The cover is slightly rubbed and scuffed, the pages have darkened due to the paper, but otherwise it is a good copy with no markings. -- CONTENTS -- THE SCIENCE OF THE ARABS -- I. TRANSLATORS FROM THE ARABIC IN SPAIN -- Place of Spain in the history of science -- Arabic science in Spain -- Gerbert -- The translators of the twelfth century -- The translators of the thirteenth century -- II. ADELARD OF BATH -- List of writings -- Biography. -- Adelard's place in intellectual history -- III. HERMANN OF CARINTHIA -- Life and writings -- The De essentiis -- IV. THE TRANSLATIONS OF HUGO SANCTALLENSIS -- A hitherto unknown centre of study in Aragon -- Hugo's versions of works on astrology and divination -- V. SOME TWELFTH-CENTURY WRITERS ON ASTRONOMY -- Computists -- The school of Chartres -- Treatises on the elements -- The Marseilles tables -- A critic of Macrobius -- Translations of Ptolemy -- VI. THE INTRODUCTION OF ARABIC SCIENCE INTO ENG- -- LAND -- Walcher of Malvern and Petrus Alphonsi -- Robert of Chester -- Roger of Hereford -- Daniel of Morley. -- Alfred of 'Sereshel' -- VII. TRANSLATORS IN SYRIA DURING THE CRUSADES -- Stephen of Antioch -- 'Bernard Silvester' -- Philip of Tripoli -- TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GREEK -- VIII. THE GREEK ELEMENT IN THE RENAISSANCE OF THE -- TWELFTH CENTURY -- IX. THE SICILIAN TRANSLATORS OF THE TWELFTH CEN- -- TURY -- Many-tongued Sicily -- The first version of Ptolemy's Almagest -- Aristippus -- Robert of Cricklade -- Eugene of Palermo -- Versions of Euclid, Hero, and Proclus. -- Other possible translations in Sicily. -- Sicily and the North -- Preface to the Sicilian Almagest -- X. NORTH-ITALIAN TRANSLATORS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY -- Italy and Byzantium in the twelfth century -- Moses of Bergamo -- Burgundio the Pisan -- An emissary of Frederick I ca. 1179 -- Hugo Eterianus and Leo Tuscus -- Paschal the Roman. -- Astrology and the occult -- XI. VERSIONS OF ARISTOTLE'S POSTERIOR ANALYTICS -- The New Logic. -- James of Venice and Boethius -- The version of the Toledo manuscript -- Other versions -- THE COURT OF FREDERICK II -- XII. SCIENCE AT THE COURT OF THE EMPEROR FREDERICK -- II -- Frederick's background -- The scientists of Frederick's court His relations with Jews and Mohammedans -- Principal subjects of interest -- The emperor as a scientific inquirer. -- King Manfred. -- XIII. MICHAEL SCOT -- Fact and legend -- List of writings -- Astrological works -- Questions addressed to Michael by Frederick II -- XIV. THE DE ARTE VENANDI CUM AVIBUS OF FREDERICE -- II. -- Manuscripts and composition -- The sources -- Frederick as a student of birds -- OTHER STUDIES -- XV. THE ABACUS AND THE EXCHEQUER -- XVI. NIMROD THE ASTRONOMER -- XVII. SOME EARLY TREATISES ON FALCONRY -- XVIII. A LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS FROM THE CLOSE OF THE -- TWELFTH CENTURY -- Date and authorship; Garland and Neckam -- Place in mediaeval learning. -- Text. -- INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS AND LIBRARIES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science.
• Publisher: Cambridge: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1927
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 250 grams
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