Severus Sebokht, on the constellations
This text was transcribed by Roger Pearse, Ipswich, UK Introduction by François Nau • Introduction • The sources used by Severus • Biographical details on Severus Sebokht given by Ms. 364. The treatise on the constellations, written in 660 by Severus Sebokht, Bishop of Kinnesrin. Introduction Severus Sebokht has been known above all as a populariser among the Syrians of Greek philosophy. (cf. E. Renan, De philosophia peripatetica apud Syros) We now know, thanks to a manuscript brought to light by Addai Scher and analysed in ROC 15 (1910),...
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This text was transcribed by Roger Pearse, Ipswich, UK Introduction by François Nau • Introduction • The sources used by Severus • Biographical details on Severus Sebokht given by Ms. 364. The treatise on the constellations, written in 660 by Severus Sebokht, Bishop of Kinnesrin. Introduction Severus Sebokht has been known above all as a populariser among the Syrians of Greek philosophy. (cf. E. Renan, De philosophia peripatetica apud Syros) We now know, thanks to a manuscript brought to light by Addai Scher and analysed in ROC 15 (1910),...
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