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...
| Publicado en: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 104; no. 3; pp. 113 - 134 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2014
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| Sumario: | 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 components of astronomy according to Cassiodorus, translation of "Preceptum canonis Ptolemei" from Greek, and knowledge of Cassiodorus about Greek astronomy and astrology. |
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