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9780198239925

Roger Bacon and the Origins of Perspectiva in the Middle Ages A Critical Edition and English Translation of Bacon's Perspectiva with Introduction and Notes

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    9780198239925

  • ISBN10:

    0198239920

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-10-31
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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David Lindberg presents the first critical edition of the text of Roger Bacon's classic work Perspectiva , prepared from Latin manuscripts, accompanied by a facing-page English translation, critical notes, and a full study of the text. Also included is an analysis of Bacon's sources, influence, and role in the emergence of the discipline of perspectiva .

Table of Contents

ABBREVIATIONS xi(6)
INTRODUCTION (1)
Life and Works xvii(3)
Bacon's Optical Writings xx(5)
The Origins of Optical Knowledge in the Latin West xxv(7)
The Translations xxxii(5)
The Debate over the Methodology of Perspectiva in the Thirteenth Century xxxvii(5)
Bacon and the Mathematization of Perspectiva x1ii(10)
Perspectiva as an Experimental Science 1ii(16)
Bacon's Theory of Light and Vision 1xviii(19)
Reflection and Refraction 1xxxvii(7)
The Fortuna of Bacon's Perspectiva xciv(6)
Manuscipts and Editions c(9)
Editiorial Procedures cix
Perspectiva: TEXT, TRANSLATION, APPARATUS CRITICUS
1(335)
APPENDICES 336(5)
NOTES TO THE TRANSLATION 341(52)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 393(12)
INDEX 405

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