Gerard of Cremona's Translation of the Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry

With an Introductory Account of the Twenty-Two Early Extant Arabic Manuscripts of the Elements

• Author(s): Anaritius, Gherardo (da Cremona),
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 169
• ISBN_13: 9780391041936
  ISBN_10: 0391041932
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / History , Architecture / Interior Design / General , Mathematics / Geometry / General ,

Description:... Anthony Lo Bello's Gerard of Cremona's Translation of Book I of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Euclid's Elements of Geometry is the first modern translation of Gerard of Cremona's (1114-1187) Latin version of al-Nayrizi's famous Arabic commentary. Lo Bello gives an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements, an annotated English translation of Gerard's translation of al-Nayrizi's commentary, and finally a critical analysis of the idiosyncrasies of Gerard's method of translation. "The Three Volumes are also available as set" (ISBN 0 391 04197 5)