The Latin of science / [edited by] Marcelo Epstein and Ruth Spivak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Epstein, M. (Marcelo), editor.

Spivak, Ruth, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin language--Readers--Science.

Latin language.

Genre:

Readers (Publications)

Physical Description:

xxxi, 395 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mundelein, Illinois : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

"An anthology of Latin readings present fifteen authors who wrote in Latin and three whose works were translated into Latin. Readings cover eight subject areas from medicine to chemistry. A historical survey sets the context for the readings and a brief essay introduces each author and work. Vocabulary, syntax, and contextual notes facilitate reading the unadapted Latin. For most selections, images drawn from manuscripts, incunabula, and first print editions present the Latin selections as their original readers would have experienced them."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

General knowledge

Architecture and engineering

Medicine

Mathematics

Astronomy and rational mechanics

Economics

Chemistry

Alchemia

Appendix I. The pronunciation of Latin

Appendix II. Compendium of Latin grammar

Appendix III. Manuscript and original source quirks

Latin glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780865168602

0865168601

OCLC:

1083576767

Publisher Number:

99991105809