?Conform?ment Aux Observations d'Hipparque? Le Papyrus Fouad Inv. 267 a
Language: French
Published by Peeters, 2014
- Softcover
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- Title
- ?Conform?ment Aux Observations d'Hipparque? Le Papyrus Fouad Inv. 267 a
- Author
- Fournet, J -L
- Publisher
- Peeters
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- French
- ISBN 10
- 9042930217
- ISBN 13
- 9789042930216
Le présent volume donne une description détaillée dupapyrus, une édition diplomatique et une édition normalisée par Jean-LucFournet, ainsi qu'une traduction suivie de notes paléographiques etexplicatives par Jean-Luc Fournet et Anne Tihon. Le commentaire par AnneTihon suit le texte pas à pas et est accompagnée d'un glossaire et dephotos en couleur. Une annexe par Raymond Mercier donne unereconstruction des tables et une brève analyse mathématique.
The Papyrus Fouad inv. 267 A is a document of exceptional importancefor the History of Ancient Astronomy. It consists of a fragment of atreatise written in Alexandria around 130 AD. The preserved part, whichoccupies the recto and verso of a single folio, deals with the Sun, thelongitude of which being calculated according three different years: sideral year, "mean year" of 365d 1/4 and tropical year. The text givesan example for November 9th 130 AD at 3h from midnight. The authorrefers to Hipparchus' observations, and quotes an observation made atthe Summer solstice in 158 BC.
The present book gives a detaileddescription of the papyrus, a diplomatic and a normalized edition byJean-Luc Fournet, as well as a translation followed by paleographicaland explanatory notes by Jean-Luc Fournet and Anne Tihon. The commentaryby Anne Tihon follows the text step by step and is accompanied by aglossary and coloured photos. An annexe by Raymond Mercier gives areconstruction of the tables and a short mathematical analysis.
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