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Quelques notes générales sur les textes scientifiques de Bessarion (2021)

Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Volume: 71
Issue: 186
Pages: 78-103
Publication date: 2021
Language: French

DOI: 10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.124565

URI: https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.124565

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Authorship Books Transmission of texts Mathematics and its relationship to science Classification of knowledge Greek language Manuscripts Natural philosophy 15th century

Environ un cinquième des manuscrits grecs qui ont appartenu au cardinal Bessarion se réfèrent aux sciences mathématiques et à la philosophie de la nature. Cet article qui constitue une présentation générale, modeste et non exhaustive, essaye de présenter une classification de ces textes dans le but de cerner les intérêts de cet important savant de la renaissance dans le domaine que nous appelons aujourd’hui sciences et à travers lui, les intérêts des savants grecs de l’époque des paléologues. Dans ce but, nous avons suivi une classification par thème et par auteur, en distinguant les auteurs anciens des auteurs byzantins et en indiquant, le cas échéant, le nombre d’exemplaires que le cardinal possédait du même texte. Nous pouvons ainsi constater la popularité de l’arithmétique de Nicomaque de Gérase, du traité de l’astrolabe de Philopon, de textes moins connus comme le peudo-Timée ou plus récents comme le traité de l’astrolabe d’Isaac Argyre et bien sur l’intérêt personnel de Bessarion pour l’Almageste. Son penchant pour l’astronomie (y compris l’astrologie - quatre exemplaires de la Tetrabible) est manifeste, mais le nombre de textes mathématiques est aussi très important. Force est de constater le faible intérêt du cardinal pour les textes exégétiques sur la création et le monde (deux exemplaires seulement du très populaire Hexaéméron de Basile). English: About one fifth of the Greek manuscripts that belonged to Cardinal Bessarion refer to the mathematical sciences and the philosophy of nature. This article, which constitutes a general, modest and non-exhaustive presentation, attempts to present a classification of these texts with the aim of identifying the interests of this important Renaissance scholar in the field that we now call science and, through him, the interests of the Greek scholars of the age of paleologists. For this purpose, we have followed a classification by theme and by author, distinguishing between ancient and Byzantine authors and indicating, where appropriate, the number of copies that the cardinal had of the same text. We can thus see the popularity of the arithmetic of Nicomachus of Gerasius, of the treatise on the astrolabe of Philopon, of lesser-known texts such as the Peudo-Timaeus or more recent ones such as the treatise on the astrolabe of Isaac Argyre, and of course Bessarion's personal interest in the Almagest. His penchant for astronomy (including astrology - four copies of the Tetrabible) is obvious, but the number of mathematical texts is also very large. The cardinal's interest in exegetical texts on creation and the world (only two copies of Basil's very popular Hexaemeron) is also noticeable.

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