THE SPHERE OF SACROBOSCO & ITS COMMENTATORS — Thorndike, 1st/1st 1949 ASTRONOMY

  THE SPHERE OF SACROBOSCO AND ITS COMMENTATORS: The Latin Text, with Contemporary Commentaries and English Translation, of the Manual of Astronomy Most Widely Used From the Thirteenth to the Seventeenth Century — by Lynn Thorndike — 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1949 — Astronomy

 Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago (1949)

The boards and binding are solid and tight, with light shelf-wear. The pages are crisp and clean save for ex libris paste-down on the first blank page. 496 pages. "The Sphere of John of Sacrobosco was for centuries the best and best-known manual of astronomy by a Western author. Hence it is a document of prime importance in the history of science and of medieval culture. Its literary style illustrates the influence of the classics in the Middle Ages. An admirable textbook, it is of note in the history and methodology of education.... Many of the comments and glosses on the Sphere throw light on the history of scholasticism and the scholastic method. The hitherto unpublished commentary by Robert of England, with English translation, follows the text and translation of the Sphere. Other commentaries included are the one ascribed to Michael Scot and that by Cecco d'Ascoli." (From Inside Jacket Flap)