Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis : An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States, Paperback / softback Book

Stephen of Pisa and Antioch: Liber Mamonis : An Introduction to Ptolemaic Cosmology and Astronomy from the Early Crusader States Paperback / softback

Part of the Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences series

Paperback / softback

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This volume aims to make Stephen of Pisa and Antioch’s work on the celestial sciences accessible to a wider readership, providing not just the text but a translation and introduction as well.

The edition is based on the only known manuscript of the Liber Mamonis, MS Cambrai, Médiathèque d’Agglomération, A 930.

It is split into two parts: the first provides an extensive introduction to Stephen and his work, while the second features the edition and translation.

A comprehensive glossary and collection of photographs of plates are also included. 

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