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The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma
The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma
The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Preface
IX
Preface
XI
PARTI
A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CASE-STUDY
Chapter One / Mandonnet, the Speculum Astronomiae and the Condemnation of 1277
Chapter Two / Further Condemnations, Debates and 'Consultationes'
Chapter Three / Mandonnet's Hypothesis: Acquiescence and
Doubts
Chapter Four / Thorndike's Consistency. His Researches on the
Speculum Astronomiae from 1923 to 1955
PART II
DISCUSSIONS OF ASTRONOMY AT THE TIME OF ALBERT
VII
3
11
25
33
43
45
51
61
75
83
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VIII
PART III
103
127
Astronomiae
307
311
Index of Names
Index of Manuscripts
335
351