The Classical World: THE PRECEPTUM CANONIS PTOLOMEI.

The article discusses the possibility that Roman statesman and writer Senator Cassiodorus, the former secretary of ancient Ostrogothic king Theodoric, consulted astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy's work "Preceptum canonis Ptolemei" when he wrote the book "Institutiones." Topics discussed include c...

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Publicado en:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 104; no. 3; pp. 113 - 134
Autor principal: PINGREE, DAVID
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Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press 2014
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