Article ID: CBB001211476

Traditions of the Diagram, Tradition of the Text: A Case Study (2012)

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Saito, Ken (Author)


Synthese
Volume: 186, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 7-20


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Diagrams in Mathematics: History and Philosophy”
Language: English

After explaining general characteristics such as overspecification, found in the diagrams of Greek manuscripts of Euclid's Elements, diagrams in some propositions of Book III are examined in detail. Codex P (Vat. gr. 190) and b (Bologna) are common in avoiding overspecification in a couple of propositions. However, further examination of diagrams of Book III in other manuscripts including those in the Arabic tradition, and collation of the text suggest that the common feature in the diagrams of codex P and b is rather due either to independent efforts to avoid overspecification or to contamination of traditions. It is codex F (Florence, Laurenziana 28.3) that most often coincides with codex P in Book III.

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Authors & Contributors
Vitrac, Bernard
De Young, Gregg
Caglayan, Gunhan
Mode,
Takahashi, Ken'ichi
Solère, Jean-Luc
Concepts
Geometry
Mathematics
Manuscripts
Diagrams
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Transmission of texts
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
19th century
11th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Denmark
Alexandria (Egypt)
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