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1 online resource (xxvii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
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Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts |
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Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition, 1871-188X ; v. 8 |
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Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts
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Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 8
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments13; -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Portion of Book I of the Elements Missing from MS Leiden 399.1 but Present in MS Qom 5365, according to the Edition of R252;diger Arnzen -- Lo Bello's Notes -- Chapter Two. The Second Treatise of the Book of Euclid on the Elements -- Besthorn's Notes -- Heiberg's Notes -- Lo Bello's Notes -- Appendix I. The al-Hajjaj Edition of Book II Preserved in MS Persan 169 of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris -- Appendix II. The al-Hajjaj Edition of Book II Preserved in MS Escorial Ar. 907 -- Chapter Three. The Third Treatise of the Book of Euclid on the Elements -- Besthorn's Notes -- Heiberg's Notes -- Lo Bello's Notes -- Chapter Four. The Fourth Treatise of the Book of Euclid on the Elements -- Besthorn's Notes -- Heiberg's Notes -- Lo Bello's Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
""The Commentary of al-Nayrizi (circa 920) on Euclid's Elements"" occupies an important place in the history of mathematics and of philosophy. This work presents an annotated English translation of Books II-IV and of a hitherto lost portion of Book I |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Euclid. Elements. Books 1-4
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Euklid von Alexandrien. |
| SUBJECT |
Elements (Euclid) fast |
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Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
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Mathematics, Greek.
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MATHEMATICS -- Geometry -- General.
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Geometry
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Mathematics, Greek
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Early works
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lo Bello, Anthony, 1947-
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Arnzen, Rüdiger
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| ISBN |
9789047444411 |
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9047444418 |
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9004173897 |
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9789004173897 |
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1282601598 |
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9781282601598 |
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9786612601590 |
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6612601590 |
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