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DALCHE, Patrick Gautier
La Géographie de Ptolémée en Occident (IVe-XVIe siècle)
1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur illustré, coll. Terrarum Orbis n° 9, Histoire des repréentations de l'espace : textes, images, History of the Representation of Space in Text and Image, Brepols, 2009, 443 pp.
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2 book(s) with the same title
Geographie de Ptolemee en Occident (IVe-XVIe siecle)
, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2009 Hardcover. 443 p., 30 colour ill., 210 x 270 mm, Languages: French, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503531649.
In Late Antiquity, Ptolemy?s treatise on cartography (second century AD) was yet to achieve the recognition that Ptolemy had hoped for, despite relatively wide distribution. However, in the early Middle Ages, knowledge of the Geographia did not disappear completely, owing mainly to treatises on astronomy translated from Arabic. The Latin version produced at the beginning of the 15th century did not, therefore, have the revolutionary character that is often attributed to it. The work that made it possible to understand the universe of Antiquity as it appeared in the classics was well received from the ?literary? point of view. But the astrologists and scientists educated in universities were instrumental, in a way that has, until now, been little studied, in analysing the contradictions between the Ptolemy?s representation of the universe and other representations that were still current and accepted. The long process of the modernisation of Ptolemy?s vision entered a decisive phase at the beginning of the second half of the fifteenth century following the synthesis between humanism and natural philosophy. It continued until the beginning of the sixteenth century, considering the modes of representation (anachronistically called ?projections?), retaining the concept of the influence of celestial bodies on the sublunar sphere, a feature of conceptions of the world held since Antiquity that the work of Ptolemy justified as best. The reception of the Geographia, envisaged over a long period, does not therefore confirm the opinion that it played a fundamental role in the supposed move towards a ?modern? concept of the universe distinct from a ?mediaeval? model. This book questions a certain number of commonplaces of cultural history. It is based on the first hand analysis of Greek and Roman texts and maps from highly diverse intellectual backgrounds. Patrick Gautier Dalche is Directeur de recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (IRHT) and Directeur d?etudes at the Sorbonne, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sciences historiques et philologiques. Dans l?Antiquite tardive, malgre une diffusion relativement importante, le manuel cartographique de Ptolemee (IIe s. apres J.-C.) n?eut pas de posterite conforme au projet de son auteur. Dans le Moyen Age latin, en revanche, la connaissance de son contenu ne disparut jamais, grace en particulier aux traites d?astronomie traduits de l?arabe. La version latine faite au debut du XVe siecle n'eut donc pas le caractere revolutionnaire qu'on lui attribue souvent. La reception ? philologique ? d?une somme qui permettait de comprendre l?espace antique tel qu?il apparaissait dans les classiques fut importante. Mais les savants formes dans les universites, astrologue et medecins, jouerent un role jusqu?a present peu etudie dans l?analyse des contradictions entre l?image du monde ptolemeenne et d'autres types de representations qui ne furent pas pour autant deprecies et abandonnes. Le long processus de modernisation de Ptolemee entra dans une phase decisive a partir du troisieme quart du XVe siecle grace a la synthese operee entre programme humaniste et philosophie naturelle. Il se poursuivit dans le premier tiers du xvie siecle par la reflexion sur les modes de representation (appeles ? projections ? de facon anachronique), sans qu?ait encore ete abolie la dependance du monde sublunaire a l'egard du monde celeste, caracteristique de la pensee de l?espace terrestre depuis l?Antiquite, que l??uvre de Ptolemee justifiait au mieux. La reception de la Geographie, envisagee sur une longue periode, ne verifie donc pas l?opinion selon laquelle elle aurait joue un role fondamental dans le passage suppose a une conception ? moderne ? distincte de la conception ? medievale ? de l'espace. L?ouvrage, qui remet en question un certain nombre de lieux communs de l'histoire culturelle, est fonde sur l?analyse de premiere main des sources textuelles et cartographiques de la tradition grecque et latine emanant de milieux intellectuels tres divers. Patrick Gautier Dalche est directeur de recherche au Centre national de la recherche scientifique (IRHT) et directeur d?etudes a l?Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des sciences historiques et philologiques (Sorbonne).
Geographie de Ptolemee en Occident (IVe-XVIe siecle)
, brepols, 2009 443 p., 30 colour ill., 210 x 270 mm, Languages: French Hardback. ISBN 9782503531649.
In Late Antiquity, Ptolemy?s treatise on cartography (second century AD) was yet to achieve the recognition that Ptolemy had hoped for, despite relatively wide distribution. However, in the early Middle Ages, knowledge of the Geographia did not disappear completely, owing mainly to treatises on astronomy translated from Arabic. The Latin version produced at the beginning of the 15th century did not, therefore, have the revolutionary character that is often attributed to it. The work that made it possible to understand the universe of Antiquity as it appeared in the classics was well received from the ?literary? point of view. But the astrologists and scientists educated in universities were instrumental, in a way that has, until now, been little studied, in analysing the contradictions between the Ptolemy?s representation of the universe and other representations that were still current and accepted. The long process of the modernisation of Ptolemy?s vision entered a decisive phase at the beginning of the second half of the fifteenth century following the synthesis between humanism and natural philosophy. It continued until the beginning of the sixteenth century, considering the modes of representation (anachronistically called ?projections?), retaining the concept of the influence of celestial bodies on the sublunar sphere, a feature of conceptions of the world held since Antiquity that the work of Ptolemy justified as best. This book questions a certain number of commonplaces of cultural history. It is based on the first hand analysis of Greek and Roman texts and maps from highly diverse intellectual backgrounds.
