Graphical choices and geometrical thought in the transmission of Theodosius' Spherics from antiquity to the Renaissance (Q2266826)

Theodosius' \textit{Spherics} was composed in the first century BC as a fundamental account of spherical geometry on the basis of the plane and solid geometry of Euclid's \textit{Elements}. Theodosius' work entered the scientific heritage of the Latin West after the twelfth century and was considered as an introduction to astronomy. The paper under review presents the result of analysis of the graphical aspects of three versions of \textit{Spherics}: 1) the Greek version (tenth century AC), 2) the printed medieval Arabo-Latin version ascribed to Plato of Tivoli (as published in 1518), 3) the Renaissance version of Francesco Maurolico (1558). Appendix gives a comprehensive comparison overview of the diagrams reproduced by means of the electronic program DRaFT from examined versions. Bibl. 12 items.