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Gerard of Cremona's Translation of the Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry

Gerard of Cremona's Translation of the Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry With an Introductory Account of the Twenty-Two Early Extant Arabic Manuscripts of the Elements - Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts

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Publisher's Synopsis

Anthony Lo Bello's Gerard of Cremona's Translation of Book I of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Euclid's Elements of Geometry is the first modern translation of Gerard of Cremona's (1114-1187) Latin version of al-Nayrizi's famous Arabic commentary. Lo Bello gives an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements, an annotated English translation of Gerard's translation of al-Nayrizi's commentary, and finally a critical analysis of the idiosyncrasies of Gerard's method of translation.

The Three Volumes are also available as set (ISBN 0 391 04197 5)

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Book information

ISBN: 9780391041936
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Pub date:
DEWEY: 516
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 169
Weight: 449g
Height: 237mm
Width: 162mm
Spine width: 21mm