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1882
Volume 4, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0373-6075
  • E-ISSN: 2507-0185

Abstract

Abstract

Le de Jean Philopon se limite aux usages de l'instrument sans aucune information sur sa construction. C'est sur ce sujet le plus ancien texte parvenu jusqu'à nous. A partir de la fin du xiiie siècle, dans le monde byzantin puis occidental et durant les siècles suivants, il a été très abondamment copié, bien que des altérations le rendent difficilement exploitable par des astronomes. A partir de 1360 environ apparaît une version recensée de ce texte, qui se présente comme une tentative plutôt réussie de lui redonner tout son sens et son utilité. Un manuscrit attribue à Isaac Argyros la paternité d'une scholie qui est un élément-clé de cette recension, mais certains autres indices pourraient mettre sur la piste de Théodore Méliténiote.

Abstract

The by Jean Philopon concerns only the use of the instrument, with no information on its construction. It is the oldest text on this subject that has come down to us. From the end of the thirteenth century in the Byzantine world, then in the Occident and during the following centuries, it was abundantly copied, although alterations rendered it difficult for practical use by astronomers. Around 1360 there appeared a new version of this text, which looks like a rather successful attempt to recapture its sense and utility. In one manuscript, Isaac Argyros is given the paternity of a scholion that is a key element in this version, but other evidence points to Theodore Meliteniotes.

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