Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.2)
Description
Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike Syntaxis by Theon of Alexandria (c. 4 AD). Volume 2 contains an astronomical treatise in 38 chapters. The chapter headings suggest that it is a compendium of Ptolemaic astronomy. Volume 3 contains a compilation of astrological and astronomical extracts. It includes material from the introduction to Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos by Porphyry (c. 3 AD), epitomes of the Apotelesmatica of Hephaestion of Thebes (c. 4 AD), and the commentary on Paul of Alexandria (c. 4 AD) attributed to 'Heliodorus'. There is also anonymous material, and an (unpublished?) work by the Byzantine mathematician Nicolaus Artabasdos Rhabdas (c. 14 AD).
Metadata
| Identifier | nj7gkyr7 |
| IRN | 614624 |
| Class Mark | BC MS 31/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nj7gkyr7 |
| Collection(s) | Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Print |
| Parent Record | Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1) |
| Creator(s) | Ptolemy, Theon of Alexandria, Porphyry, Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos |
| Date | [14--? ] |
| Size and Medium | 1 volume |