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Titre(s) : The Archimedes palimpsest [Texte imprimé]. I : Catalogue and commentary / edited by Reviel Netz [and others]
Publication : New York : Walters Art Museum, 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (342 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Textes en anglais, en grec ancien. - Bibliogr. p. 327-330, index
English and ancient Greek.
"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"
Sujet(s) : Codicologie
Manuscrits byzantins
Walters art museum (Baltimore, Md.) -- Manuscrit. Archimedes codex
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107014572 (Vol.1). - ISBN 1107014573. - ISBN 9781107014374. - ISBN 1107014379.
- ISBN 9781107016842. - ISBN 1107016843
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455801030
Notice n° :
FRBNF45580103
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
