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The Latin “Version II”, till now attributed to Adelard of Bath, is edited here for the first time. But a comparison of the text of version II with those of versions I and III yields little or no reason to assume that Adelard was the author of version II. Version II must have been written later than …
Robert of Chester’s Redaction of Euclid’s Elements, the so-called Adelard II Version
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The Latin “Version II”, till now attributed to Adelard of Bath, is edited here for the first time. It was the most influential Euclid text in the Latin West in the 12th and 13th centuries. As the large number of manuscripts and the numerous quotations in other scientific and philosophical texts show, it was far better known than the three Euclid translations made from the Arabic in the 12th century (Adelard of Bath, version I; Hermann of Carinthia; Gerard of Cremona). Version II became the ba…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783764326586 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3764326581 |
| Author: | H.L. Busard, M. Folkerts |
| Publisher: | Birkhauser Verlag AG |
| Imprint: | Birkhauser Verlag AG |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 430 |
| Edition: | 1992nd |
| Release Date: | 2 April 1992 |
| Weight: | 2.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Science Networks. Historical Studies |
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