The Equatoriw of the Planetis

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Contents

PREFACE Xili I INTRODUCTION
3
PROVENANCE AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
6
TRANSCRIPT AND FACSIMILES
17
TRANSLATION
47
NOTES ON THE TEXT
62
THE ASTRONOMICAL TABLES
75
Analysis of tables numerical values etc
79
Notes and other material inserted in the Tables
84
The Alfonsine precession
104
The technical terms of Ptolemaic astronomy as found in the text
107
Accuracy of the theory and the Equatorie
110
ΙΟ The calculation of planetary positions
116
HISTORY OF THE PLANETARY EQUATORIUM page
119
PALAEOGRAPHY
134
ASCRIPTION TO CHAUCER
149
GLOSSARY
167

THE PTOLEMAIC PLANETARY SYSTEM
93
General foundations of the theory
95
The Sun
97
Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn
99
Mercury ΙΟΙ 6 The Moon
103
Cipher passages in the Manuscript
182
GENERAL INDEX
207
INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS CITED
214
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