梅爾克修道院的中世紀天文學
Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey

來源:Library of Melk Abbey, Frag. 229|發表日期:2024-03-30
這頁手稿是偶然發現的,它以圖解的方式向人們展示了文藝復興之前的中世紀天文學,以及尼古拉斯-哥白尼、第谷-德-布拉赫、約翰內斯-開普勒和伽利略的影響。這引人入勝的一頁出自修道士沃爾夫岡-德-施蒂里亞 (Magister Wolfgang de Styria) 在 1490 年前編寫的天文學講義。上圖清楚地說明了在以地球為中心的托勒密體系中月食(左)和日食所需的幾何圖形。左下方是托勒密太陽系圖,右上方的文字說明了托勒密地心模型下的行星運動。右下方是一張圖表,用於計算儒略曆復活節週日的日期。這頁圖文並茂的手稿是在奧地利歷史悠久的梅爾克修道院發現的。
原文:Discovered by accident, this manuscript page provides graphical insight to astronomy in medieval times, before the Renaissance and the influence of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho de Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo. The intriguing page is from lecture notes on astronomy compiled by the monk Magister Wolfgang de Styria before the year 1490. The top panels clearly illustrate the necessary geometry for a lunar (left) and solar eclipse in the Earth-centered Ptolemaic system. At lower left is a diagram of the Ptolemaic view of the Solar System with text at the upper right to explain the movement of the planets according to Ptolemy's geocentric model. At the lower right is a chart to calculate the date of Easter Sunday in the Julian calendar. The illustrated manuscript page was found at historic Melk Abbey in Austria.
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