Graeco-Arabic Astronomy for Twelfth-century Latin Readers: Ptolomeus Et Multi Sapientum (Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus) - Robert of Chester, Liber Canonum ... and Studies, 12) (English and Latin Edition)

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This volume makes available two little-known twelfth-century Latin sources on mathematical astronomy: the anonymous Ptolomeus et multi sapientum... (c.1145), which is attributable to the famous Jewish astrologer Abraham Ibn Ezra, and the surviving second part of Robert of Chester's Liber canonum, which accompanied the Tables of London (c.1150). Both texts are introductory-level works originally written to educate a Latin Christian audience in the concepts and techniques involved in computing with astronomical tables. They are here presented in critical editions with facing English translations. The accompanying introductions and in-depth commentaries elucidate their significance in the context of twelfth-century Latin astronomy. ‎Contents ‎Preface ‎Abbreviations and Manuscript Sigla ‎Part 1. Ptolomeus et multi sapientum ‎Introduction ‎1. General Characteristics ‎2. The Tables of Pisa/Lucca ‎3. Authorship ‎4. Reception ‎5. Transmission ‎6. Editorial Principles ‎Ptolomeus et multi sapientum … Ptolemy and many among the sages … ‎I. ⟨De quantitate anni⟩ ‎II. ⟨De compositione tabularum⟩ ‎III. ⟨De motibus planetarum⟩ ‎Commentary ‎Appendix. Description of C, fols. 75v–80v ‎Part 2. Robert of Chester, Liber Canonum, pt. II: Tables of London ‎Introduction ‎1. Sources and General Characteristics ‎2. Structure and Style ‎3. Transmission ‎4. The Tables of London ‎5. The Tables of Toledo ‎6. Reception ‎7. Editorial Principles ‎Robertus Cestrensis. Liber canonum: pars altera Book of Canons, Part II ‎Commentary ‎Appendix. Additions to the Text in A and S ‎Bibliography ‎Index of Manuscripts ‎General Index