‎Petrus Cruciferus, Nicolaus Wodka, John of G?og w, Alena Hadravov (ed), Petr Hadrava (ed)‎
‎Tabule Resolute. The Central European Type of Alfonsine Tables‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, Pages: 578, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:26 b/w, 26 col., 106 tables b/w., Languages: English, Latin. ISBN 9782503617121.‎

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‎Summary Astronomers and astrologers in medieval Europe used sets of numerical tables, accompanied by detailed instructions for use, to calculate the motions of the planets. The Castilian Alfonsine Tables, created at the court of Alfonso X in Toledo after the middle of the thirteenth century, form the basis of the Latin Parisian Alfonsine Tables (1320s) which became the starting point for the further dissemination and elaboration of astronomical tables in European universities and other cultural centres between the fourteenth and first half of the sixteenth century. A central European version of the Alfonsine Tables are the so-called Tabule resolute. This version was initially compiled for the meridian of Wroc?aw in 1424 and later recalculated for the meridians of Prague, Cracow, Leipzig, Salamanca, Bologna and other cities. The Tabule resolute are preserved in dozens of manuscripts and in several early modern prints, containing both the tables and the rules ('canons') for them. This volume presents the first edition of both the Wroc?aw tables and variants for other meridians and selected canons for their use, compiled by Petrus Cruciferus, Nicolaus Wodka and John of G?og w. The Latin editions are accompanied by annotated English translations. The work is concluded with an explanation of the mathematical principles of the tables and an analysis of the errors in the edited tables. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements 1. Introduction I. CANONS 2. Canons Mirabilis in altis Dominus by Petrus Cruciferus 3. Canons Girum recensendo by Andrzej Grzyma?a of Pozna? 4. Canons Nemo integre sapit by an anonymous author 5. Canons Astrorum (observatores) sapientes by Albertus of Brudzewo 6. Canons Quoniam Tabularum Alfonsi by Nicolaus of Tuch w (Polonus) 7. Canons Quoniam plerique nostri temporis phisici by Nicolaus Wodka of Kwidzyn 8. Canons Pro (introduccione) generali by John of G?og w 9. Early modern prints with canons to the Tabule resolute 10. Overview of the rules in the canons to the Tabule resolute II. TABLES 11. List of manuscripts with the Tabule resolute 12. Tabule resolute for the meridian of Wroc?aw 13. Tabule resolute for the meridian of Prague 14. Tabule resolute for the meridian of Cracow 15. Peculiar sets of the Tabule resolute 16. Additional tables 17. Overview of tables in the Tabule resolute III. COMMENTARY 18. Mean motions 19. Apogees of planets 20. Mean conjunctions and oppositions of the Sun and Moon 21. Equation of the Sun 22. Equations of the Moon 23. Equations of planets 24. Retrogradation 25. Equation of time and right ascension 26. Oblique ascensions and visibility of planets 27. Interpolation - Editorial note, Abbreviations - Bibliography (List of manuscripts, Early modern printed sources, Literature) - Index of names, Glossary of chosen Latin terms‎