An ancient book
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An ancient book. The text is from a speech by the Athenian orator Hyperides (4 th century BC). This copy was made in the 1 st century AD. From manuscript to print Ptolemy’s Syntaxis (a.k.a. Almagest ). A 9 th -century manuscript copy. The standard modern printed edition. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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An ancient book
The text is from a speech by the Athenian orator Hyperides (4th century BC). This copy was made in the 1st century AD.
From manuscript to print Ptolemy’s Syntaxis (a.k.a. Almagest)
A 9th-century manuscript copy
The standard modern printed
edition
The compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, for them that wolde haue knowlege of the
compost. (c. 1532)
The compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, very necessarye, vtile, and profytable, for all
suche, as desyre the knowledge of the science of astronomye. (c. 1562)
