Theodori Gazae Thessalonicensis liber de Mensibus Atticis, Ioanne Perrello interprete: Eiusdem Interpretis de ratione Lunae & Epactarum secundem Gazam, cum tabula perfecti ambitus annorum intercalarium: accessit praeterea in studiosorum gratiam idem Theodori Libellus graece, multis locis . . . antehac emendatior.
by GAZES, Theodoros [GAZA] (1398-1475); Joannes PERRELLUS
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Basileae,: Per Balthasarem Lasium & Thomam Platterum, 1536., 1536. 16 cm. [24], 151, [1] pp. Signatures: a12, a-h8, i12. Includes errata (leaf a11 verso). Text in Latin & Greek. Woodcut initials & headpiece, printer's device at rear. Waterstained, ink underlining p. 22. Nineteenth century quarter calf, marbled boards; wormed at spine & gutter, rubbed. Bookseller's ticket of Masson & cie; rubber stamp: Doctor Mario E. Spada. Good. [AN] ?INFLUENTIAL TREATISE ON THE ATHENIAN CALENDAR?. First edition with the Latin commentary of Joannes Perrellus. Early printing of Theodore Gaza's influential treatise on the Athenian calendar, De mensibus, first written in 1470 and first printed by Aldus Manutius in 1495; among the later printings are the 1516 and one by Simon de Colines in Paris, 1535. / ?There were many calendars in use in the ancient Greek world. That the Athenian calendar survived them all was principally due to the enduring attractions of her literature. Subsequently, this calendar was used by writers who did not fully understand its complexities, and the surviving references to it in ancient texts are often difficult to reconcile. The fifteenth century saw the first attempts since antiquity to reconstruct this ancient system of reckoning.? [p. 1]. ?As the most learned treatise [de Mensibus] available on the subject, it influenced conceptions of the Athenian calendar for many decades to come.? [p. 411]. - Botley. / Theodore Gaza was a fifteenth-century Byzantine scholar and translator, a native of Thessaloniki, who left his city to move to Constantinople, and later settled in Italy (ca. 1440) as a result of the Turkish advance. He was highly respected as an expert on Aristotle. His work influenced Renaissance and early modern scholars interested in Aristotle's biological works. Gaza introduced a new method of translating and editing ancient texts which influenced translators and editors. Gaza was a professor of Greek at Ferrara before being summoned to Rome by Pope Nicholas V to translate Greek works into Latin. - Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. NOTE: ?Item, rerum toto opere memorabilium copiosissimus index?. PROVENANCE: Masson & cie [1927] - Doctor Mario E. Spada - Dr. Hernan Demonti. REFERENCES: Houzeau & Lancaster 13284. See: Paul Botley, ?Renaissance Scholarship and the Athenian Calendar,? Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 46 (2006), pp. 395–431.
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- Title
- Theodori Gazae Thessalonicensis liber de Mensibus Atticis, Ioanne Perrello interprete: Eiusdem Interpretis de ratione Lunae & Epactarum secundem Gazam, cum tabula perfecti ambitus annorum intercalarium: accessit praeterea in studiosorum gratiam idem Theodori Libellus graece, multis locis . . . antehac emendatior.
- Author
- GAZES, Theodoros [GAZA] (1398-1475); Joannes PERRELLUS
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Per Balthasarem Lasium & Thomam Platterum, 1536.
- Place of Publication
- Basileae,
- Date Published
- 1536
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medical Classics
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