Les Prolégomènes à l'Almageste

Fabio Acerbi (1) , Nicolas Vinel , Bernard Vitrac (2)

1 STL - Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163
2 ANHIMA - Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques

We publish about the first third part of the anonyma Prolegomena to Ptolemy's Almagest. This text is a kind of commentary on the first Book of Ptolemy's famous Book, commentary probably composed in a Neoplatonic circle of the fifth-sixth centuries. It is one of the latest mathematical texts of Greek Antiquity, not yet completly published. The parts I-III contain a isagogical presentation of Ptolemy's treatise, a version of a tract on isoperimetric and isepiphane figures, a chapter ont the earth's measure. Following this are several chapters on sexagesimal writing numbers and calculations, the more systematic ancient treatment transmitted to us and then a short tract on ratios composed by ratios. These parts will be published in two next issues of the same Journal.

Mots clés: Ptolemy; Almagest; Prolegomena; isoperimetric; isepiphane; Pappus of Alexandria; Theo of Alexandria

Mots clés: Ptolémée; Almageste; Prolégomènes; isopérimètres; isépiphanes; Pappus d'Alexandrie; Théon d'Alexandrie; Eutocius

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Fabio Acerbi, Nicolas Vinel, Bernard Vitrac. Les Prolégomènes à l'Almageste : Une édition à partir des manuscrits les plus anciens : Introduction générale--Parties I-III. Sciamvs, 2010, 11, pp.53-210. ⟨hal-00655835⟩