Article ID: CBB702671905

Federico Commandino filologo e matematico: l'edizione del De analemmate di Tolomeo (2021)

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Federico Commandino's Latin editions of the mathematical works of the ancient Greeks constituted an essential point of reference for the scientific research of the moderns. Thanks to his tireless work of understanding and reestablishing the texts of Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Apollonius and Pappus, the mathematics of the moderns was able to lift its sails to overcome the Hercules columns of the geometry of the ancients. In his Latin editions of the Greek classics, Commandino cleverly integrated his philological skills with the mathematical ones. The two disciplines, moreover, nurtured each other. In this article, the manuscripts and the printed edition of Tolomeo's De analemmate are analyzed in order to evaluate the interaction between philology and mathematics characteristic of Commandino, but also to highlight in a specific case study the role of the editions of the classics in the renaissance of modern mathematics. After the publication of De analemmate there occurred a revival of interest in gnomonic studies, necessary for understanding the scientific principles underlying the construction of sundials.

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Authors & Contributors
Ciocci, Argante
Napolitani, Pier Daniele
Giusti, Enrico
Davide Pietrini
Martin Frank
Haushalter, Arthur
Concepts
Mathematics
Linguistics; philology
Manuscripts
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
Astronomy
Critical editions
Time Periods
Renaissance
Medieval
Ancient
16th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Italy
Europe
Florence (Italy)
Urbino
North America
Japan
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