Gerard of Cremona's translation of the commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of geometry : : with an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements / / edited by Anthony Lo Bello.
Anthony Lo Bello's Gerard of Cremona's Translation of Book I of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Euclid's Elements of Geometry is the first modern translation of Gerard of Cremona's (1114-1187) Latin version of al-Nayrizi's famous Arabic commentary. Lo Bello gives an introduc...
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| Superior document: | Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill Academic Publishers, c,, [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | Anthony Lo Bello's Gerard of Cremona's Translation of Book I of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Euclid's Elements of Geometry is the first modern translation of Gerard of Cremona's (1114-1187) Latin version of al-Nayrizi's famous Arabic commentary. Lo Bello gives an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements, an annotated English translation of Gerard's translation of al-Nayrizi's commentary, and finally a critical analysis of the idiosyncrasies of Gerard's method of translation. The Three Volumes are also available as set (ISBN 0 391 04197 5). |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-169). |
| ISBN: | 9004453652 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Anthony Lo Bello. |