Campanus of Novara and medieval planetary theory Theorica planetarum Edited with an introd., English translation, and commentary, by Francis S. Benjamin, Jr. and G. J. Toomer
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Physical description:
xvi, 490 p illus 26 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Sources
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Date:
1971
Notes:
Based on F. S. Benjamin's thesis, Columbia, 1951, with title: The Theorica Planetarum of Campanus of Novara
Text in Latin and English on opposite pages
Contents:
Introduction. Campanus of Novara ; The Theorica planetarum ; The Ptolemaic system ; Manuscripts and sigla ; Illustrations of manuscripts -- Theoretica planetarum: text and translation. Theory of the planets by Campanus, dedicated to Pope Urban -- Prologue -- Theory of the sun -- Theory of the moon -- Theory of mercury -- Theory of Venus and the three superior planets
