Article ID: CBB114856691

Federico Commandino e le Spirali di Archimede (2021)

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The Latin edition of Archimedes’s works published by Commandino in 1558 constitutes an important exemplar of mathematical humanism. Focusing on the Spirals, this paper aims to perform a comparative analysis between the manuscripts of Urbino and Los Angeles, the editio princeps of Basel (1544), and the printed edition by Commandino (1558). Such investigation leads to the following conclusions: 1) Commandino’s enterprise began from the Latin version of Iacopo from San Cassiano and, through a progressive work of revision, produced a completely new Latin text; 2) the final edition of the Spirals represents the result of a deep mathematical assimilation of Archimedes’s work, which allowed Commandino to provide modern readers with a text rich in comments and explanations of the implicit and obscure passages that characterized Archimedes’s treatise.

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Authors & Contributors
Beatrice Sisana
Napolitani, Pier Daniele
Ciocci, Argante
Bellé, Riccardo
Maurolico, Francesco
Franci, Raffaella
Concepts
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
Mathematics
Manuscripts
Critical editions
Geometry
Medicine
Time Periods
Renaissance
16th century
Medieval
Ancient
19th century
Places
Italy
Urbino
Tuscany (Italy)
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