Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera : : Die Sphaera-Gattung im 16. Jahrhundert / / Johanna Biank.

• Superior document: Sources 12: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• VerfasserIn: Biank, Johanna,
• Place / Publishing House: Germany : : Edition Open Access,, 2019
• Year of Publication: 2020; 2019
• Language: German
• Series: Sources 12: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).

Pseudo-Proklos' Sphaera (Σφαῖρα) is a Greek introduction to astronomy originally written by the Stoic Geminos (Εἰσαγωγὴ εἰς τὰ φαινόμενα) from the 1st century BC. BC, but was attributed to the Neoplatonic Proclus in the late 15th century. At the end of the 16th century, translations and commentaries on the text appeared in 23 manuscripts and 92 printed editions in various languages. Although it was known at the time that the text was not from Proclus, it continued to be taught and translated across Europe. The widespread use of the text is not only due to the popularity of the name Proklos, but also underlines the great importance of its content. This book contrasts the Sphaera of the pseudo-Proclus with the standard astronomical textbook for astronomy from the 14th century - the Sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco. The use of the Sphaera was preferred at European universities, colleges and schools because it was shorter and more elementary than the text of the Sacrobosco and because the simple Greek syntax could also be used to teach the Greek language. As a Greek textbook, the Sphaera was printed together with various types of text such as treatises and poems on astronomy and was distributed in particular in humanistic centers around Erasmus and Melanchthon. This text edition of Pseudo-Proklos' Sphaera contains a detailed description of the content, tracks its distribution and places it in a temporal context. The appendix contains transcriptions and facsimiles of the oldest Greek manuscript, the oldest Greek-Latin print, a German translation of the Greek text and paraphrases of the Latin early modern commentaries.

Table of Contents

Danksagung -- Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera : Die Sphaera-Gattung im 16. Jahrhundert -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Die Übersicht der Übersetzungen und Kommentare mit ihren Widmungen -- 3. Der Inhalt, die Struktur und die Quellen von Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera -- 4. Der Kontext 1: Die Renaissance-Übersetzungen von Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera -- 5. Die Verbreitung von Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera und ihre Einordnung in das Bild des authentischen Proklos in der Renaissance -- 6. Der Kontext 2: Die Renaissance-Kommentare zu Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera -- 7. Schlussbetrachtungen -- Paraphrasen, Übersetzungen und Transkriptionen -- Die Paraphrasen ausgewählter Kommentare zu Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphaera -- Die deutsche Übersetzung des griechischen Textes: Pseudo-Proklos’ Sphäre, Modena, Bibiloteca Estense, Gr. 24: Procli Lycii Diadochi Platonici Libellus de Sphaera (Mut.) -- Die Transkription der ältesten griechischen Handschrift, Modena, Biblioteca Estense, Gr. 24: Procli Lycii Diadochi Platonici Libellus de Sphaera (Mut.) -- Die Transkription des ältesten gedruckten griechischen Textes in der Erstausgabe, Venedig: Manutius 1499: Πρόκλου Σφαῖρα (Ald.) -- Die Transkription des ältesten lateinischen Druckes, Venedig 1499: Procli Diadochi a Thoma Linacro Britanno interprete -- Bibliographien und Personenverzeichnis -- Bibliographien -- Facsimiles der ältesten griechischen Handschrift, Modena: Biblioteca Estense Gr. 24, Bl. 2r–7v -- Facsimiles des ältesten griechischen und lateinischen Druckes in der Übersetzung des Thomas Linacre, Venedig: Aldus Manutius, 1499.