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Ptolemy Harmonics : Translation and Commentary

by: Solomon, J.

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Category: Mnemosyne, Supplements / ISSN: 0169 8958
Code: 16409
ISBN-13: 9789004115910 / 978-90-04-11591-0
ISBN-10: 9004115919 / 90-04-11591-9
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Publication Date: 2000
Publication Place: Leiden
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 194
Book Condition: New
Comments: Mnemosyne, Supplements, 203

Ptolemy Harmonics
Translation and Commentary
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 203
Author: Jon Solomon
Ptolemy's comprehensive treatises on astronomy and geography were influential for nearly two millennia. Equally influential was his treatise on harmonics, the ancient science which combined and brought to completion the study of philosophy and science. This volume offers a comprehensive English translation and commentary of Ptolemy's Harmonics.
The treatise begins with Ptolemy's study of pitches and intervals, for which he extracts both an idealized musical scale and a new acoustical tool. After discussing modulation, he expands his horizons by applying musical intervals to the human soul and celestial bodies, ultimately describing a cosmic harmony.
The English translation faithfully reproduces Ptolemy's style and includes all the charts surviving in the manuscript tradition. The commentary offers a full exegesis of the text, loci paralleli, and citations of modern scholarly sources.
 
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Ptolemy Harmonics : Translation and Commentary

by: Solomon, J.

  • ISBN-13: 9789004115910 / 978-90-04-11591-0
  • ISBN-03: 9004115919 / 90-04-11591-9
  • E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2000

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