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Chabás, José - Goldstein, Bernard R., "Early alfonsine astronomy in Paris: the tables of John Vimond (1320)", Suhayl, 4 (2004), 207-294.
- Resum
- It has been clear for many years that medieval European astronomy in Latin was heavily dependent 00 sources from the Iberian peninsula, primarily in Arabic, but also in Hebrew, Castilian, and Catalan. The Castilian Alfonsine Tables, compiled by Judah ben Moses ha-Cohen and Isaac ben Sid under the patronage of Alfonso X (d. 1284), were an important vehicle for the transmission of this body of knowledge to astronomers north of the Pyrenees, but the delails of this transmission remain elusive, in part because only the canons to these tables survive. In this paper we build on our preliminary studies of a figure who previously had barely been mentioned in the recent literature of medieval astronomy. John Vimond was active in Paris ca. 1320 and his tables have much in common with the Parisian Alfonsine Tables (produced by a group in Paris, notably John of Murs and John of Lignères), but differ from them in many significant ways. As far as we can tell, there is no evidence for any interaction between Vimond and his better known Parisian contemporaries and in our view the best hypothesis is that they al1 depended on Castilian sources. As a result of our analysis, we are persuaded that Vimond's tables are an intelligent reworking of previous astronomical material in the Iberian peninsula to a greater extent than is the case for the Toledan Tables (compiled in Toledo about two centuries before the Castilian Alfonsine Tables). It is most likely that Vimond's principal source was the Castilian version of the Alfonsine Tables.
- Matèries
- Astronomia i astrologia
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- http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Suhayl/article/view/1 ...
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