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- Title
- Epytoma Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei
- Description
- Georg von Peurbach (1426-1461) began work on this condensed version of Ptolemy’s Almagest; his pupil and friend Johannes Müller von Königsberg (1436-1476), known by the pseudonym Regiomontanus, finished it. Printed at Venice by Johannes Hamman in 1496, the book became a renowned astronomical guide. Columbus and Copernicus were introduced to Ptolemy’s work via this epitome. The work includes a woodcut portrait of Ptolemy and Regiomontanus underneath a large celestial sphere. This portrait shows Ptolemy reading from the Almagest while Regiomontanus listens and points to the celestial sphere – a representation of the heavenly order described in Ptolemy’s work. The pages displayed here are from the eighth book of the epitome, the section covering positions of the stars.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- Incunabula Q. 520 P95a1496
- Authors
- Ptolemy
- Full Title
- Epytoma Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei.
- Date
- 31 Aug. 1496
- Publisher
- Johannes Hamman for Kaspar Grossch and Stephan Roemer
- Location
- Venice
- Language
- Latin
- Rights
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- Text
- Medium
- Book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Ptolemy, Joannes Regiomontanus, Giovanni Abiosi, Georg von Peurbach, Johannes Hamman, Kaspar Grossch, Stephan Roemer, and Jacobo Manzoni. Epytoma Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei. Venice: Johannes Hamman for Kaspar Grossch and Stephan Roemer, 1496.