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Conformément aux observations d'Hipparque : le Papyrus Fouad inv. 267A / Jean-Luc Fournet, Anne Tihon ; annex by Raymond Mercier.

Van Pelt Library QB21 .F697 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fournet, Jean-Luc, author.
Tihon, Anne, author.
Contributor:
Mercier, Raymond, writer of supplementary textual content.
Société Fouad I de papyrologie (Cairo, Egypt).
Series:
Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain ; 67.
Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain ; 67
Language:
English
French
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Subjects (All):
Société Fouad I de papyrologie (Cairo, Egypt)--Manuscript--Papyrus Fouad inv. 267A.
Société Fouad I de papyrologie (Cairo, Egypt).
Astronomy, Ancient--Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Ancient.
Astronomy, Greek.
Sun--Observations--Early works to 1800.
Sun.
Hipparchus, active 190 B.C.-127 B.C.
Hipparchus.
Genre:
Observations.
Physical Description:
190 pages : illustrations (some color), 2 color facsimiles ; 27 cm.
Other Title:
Papyrus Fouad inv. 267 A
Place of Publication:
Louvain-la-Neuve : Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste, 2014.
Summary:
"The Papyrus Fouad inv. 267A, a document of exceptional importance for the history of ancient astromony, consists of a fragment of a treatise written in Alexandria around 130 A.D. The preserved part, which occupies the recto and verso of a single folio, deals with the Sun, whose longitude is calculated according to three different years: the sidereal year, the "mean year" of 365 and 1/4 days, and the tropical year."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Première partie. Édition, traduction et notes / par Jean-Luc Fournet et Anne Tihon
Deuxième partie. Commentaire / par Anne Tihon.
Notes:
Includes the Greek text of the manuscript Fouad inv. 267A in two transcriptions (diplomatic and normalized), followed by a French translation.
Raymond Mercier's Annex (pages 153-175) is in English and has the title: Tables and summary analysis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index.
ISBN:
9789042930216
9042930217
9782758402039
2758402033
OCLC:
880686532

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