The schemata of the stars
Subtitle: Byzantine astronomy from A.D. 1300
By: E.A. Paschos, P. Sotiroudis.
Contributors: Sotiroudis, P.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Singapore; River Edge, NJ
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Chioniadēs, Grēgorios, 13th/14th cent.; Astronomy, Medieval.; Astronomy, Arabic.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: "Most of the knowledge of ancient Greek science survived through Byzantine codices. A short Byzantine article, extant in three manuscripts, contains advanced astronomical ideas and pre-Copernican diagrams; it presents improvements on ancient and medieval astronomy. This important book includes the edited version and translation of the text and analyzes its content. It surveys the development of astronomical models from Ptolemy to Byzantium and compares them mathematically with several works of Arab astronomers, as well as with the heliocentric system of Copernicus and Newton."--
Notes: Text in English and Greek on facing pages.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.