Netz, Reviel (Author)
Published for the Walters Art Museum by Cambridge University Press
Edition Details: 2 vols.
Physical Details: pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer-book which was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including two unique examples containing works by Archimedes, unquestionably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Sold at auction in 1998, it has since been the subject of a privately funded project to conserve, image, and transcribe its texts. In this volume the scientists, conservators, classicists, and historians involved in the project discuss in full their techniques and their discoveries. These include new speeches by the classical Athenian orator Hyperides, a lost commentary on Aristotle's Categories from the second or third century AD, and substantial re-readings and reinterpretations of the works by Archimedes. The book discusses the pioneering imaging and post-processing techniques used to reveal the texts, and includes detailed codicological descriptions of all eight manuscripts comprising the Palimpsest. It will be of interest to manuscript scholars, classicists, and historians of science
...MoreDescription On the Byzantine prayer-book which was written over a number of earlier scientific manuscripts. The first volume deals with “Catalogue and commentary” and the second volume “Images and transcriptions.”
Review Cuomo, Serafina (2012) Review of "The Archimedes Palimpsest". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 679-681).
Review Schneider, Ivo (2013) Review of "The Archimedes Palimpsest". Historia Mathematica (pp. 84-89).
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