De lunationibus and De dracone / Walcher of Malvern ; study, edition, translation, and commentary, C. Philipp E. Nothaft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walcher, of Malvern, -1135, author.

Contributor:

Nothaft, C. Philipp E., editor, translator.

Series:

De diversis artibus ; t. 101.

De diversis artibus

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Astronomy, Medieval--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy, Medieval.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xix, 346 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tunrhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2017]

Language Note:

Text in English with some Latin.

Summary:

This volume contains the first complete edition and study of the works of Walcher of Malvern, a key figure in Latin astronomy around 1100. 0Walcher, the prior of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (d. 1135), is a landmark figure in the history of medieval science, whose work brought the Latin computistical tradition to its apex while foreshadowing the twelfth-century Renaissance in mathematical astronomy. His most famous achievement is the observation of a lunar eclipse in 1092 with the aid of an astrolabe, which is the first of its kind to be recorded in a Latin source. In spite of his renown, Walcher?s writings have never received any close scrutiny and the precise rationale and modalities behind his observations and calculations remain ill-understood. This volume contains the first complete edition of Walcher?s two known treatises (De lunationibus and De Dracone), together with an English translation and a detailed commentary. An introductory study will elucidate the background to his scientific pursuits and situate them in the intellectual and disciplinary context of the late-eleventh and early-twelfth century, when Latin astronomy underwent a transformative period of lasting significance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-338) and indexes.

Contains:

Walcher, of Malvern, -1135. De lunationibus. 2017.

Walcher, of Malvern, -1135. De lunationibus. English. 2017.

Walcher, of Malvern, -1135. De dracone. 2017.

Walcher, of Malvern, -1135. De dracone. English. 2017.

ISBN:

9782503568768

2503568769

OCLC:

947816040