The Archimedes palimpsest / edited by Reviel Netz ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Netz, Reviel

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Archimedes palimpsest publications

The Archimedes palimpsest publications

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Archimedes.

Mathematics, Greek--Early works to 1800.

Mathematics, Greek.

Physics--Early works to 1800.

Physics.

Palimpsests--Catalogs.

Palimpsests.

Archimedes--Manuscripts--Catalogs.

Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)--Catalogs.

Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern).

Orthodox Eastern Church. Euchologion.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Euchologion (Orthodox Eastern Church).

Manuscripts.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 35 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Published for the Walters Art Museum by Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English text with some Ancient Greek.

Summary:

"The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer-book which was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including two unique examples containing works by Archimedes, unquestionably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Sold at auction in 1998, it has since been the subject of a privately funded project to conserve, image, and transcribe its texts. In this volume the scientists, conservators, classicists, and historians involved in the project discuss in full their techniques and their discoveries. These include new speeches by the classical Athenian orator Hyperides, a lost commentary on Aristotle's Categories from the second or third century AD, and substantial re-readings and reinterpretations of the works by Archimedes. The book discusses the pioneering imaging and post-processing techniques used to reveal the texts, and includes detailed codicological descriptions of all eight manuscripts comprising the Palimpsest. It will be of interest to manuscript scholars, classicists, and historians of science"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

V. 1. Catalogue and commentary

v. 2. Images and transcriptions.

V. 1. Introduction: the Archimedes Palimpsest project William Noel; Part I. The Manuscripts: Part II. History: 1. The making of the Euchologion Abigail Quandt; 2. The strange and eventful history of the Archimedes Palimpsest John Lowden; 3. Itinera Archimedea: on Heiberg in Constantinople and Archimedes in Copenhagen Erik Petersen; Part III. Conservation: 4. Conserving the Archimedes Palimpsest Abigail Quandt; Part IV. The Digital Palimpsest: 5. Imaging and image-processing techniques William A. Christens-Barry, Roger L. Easton, Jr and Keith T. Knox; 6. Imaging with x-ray fluorescence Uwe Bergmann; 7. The Palimpsest data set Doug Emery, Alex Lee and Michael Toth; Part V. The Texts: 8. The Palimpsest in context Natalie Tchernetska and Nigel Wilson; 9. The place of Codex C in Archimedes scholarship Reviel Netz; Appendix: concordance of foliations. V. 2. Archimedes: Treatises (Codex C); Hyperides: Speeches; Commentary on Aristotle's Categories; Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1107016843

9781107016842

9781107014572

1107014573

9781107014374

1107014379

OCLC:

741548938

Publisher Number:

99949051378