Article ID: CBB680102080

Tempi, luoghi e contenuti della corrispondenza tra Federico Commandino e Francesco Maurolico (2021)

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Federico Commandino (1509-1575) and Francesco Maurolico (1494-1575) were two protagonists of the appropriation process of Archimedean texts in the 16th century. First, we are going to broadly present their correspondence, then we will focus on an extant letter from Commandino to Maurolico preserved in MS Urbino, Bibl. Univ. Comune Busta 28 (120), f. 185r-188v. After providing the historical context relative to this work, we will explore the topic of the draft. The main mathematical content of this letter concerns the comprehension of an obscure theorem from the Archimedean text On Conoids and Spheroids. In this text, Commandino proposed to Maurolico his imago demonstrationis which, however, proved to be incomplete. In the appendix, we are going to present the critical edition of the letter.

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Authors & Contributors
Bellé, Riccardo
Napolitani, Pier Daniele
Maurolico, Francesco
Ciocci, Argante
Beatrice Sisana
Giusti, Enrico
Concepts
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
Mathematics
Critical editions
Manuscripts
Geometry
Physics
Time Periods
Renaissance
16th century
Medieval
19th century
18th century
Republic of Venice (697–1797)
Places
Italy
Urbino
Portugal
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