Theodosius’ Sphaerica: A Second Arabic Translation

Abstract

An Arabic translation of the Sphaerica of Theodosius of Bithynia (around 100 B.C.) accompanied by its Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona had been edited by P. Kunitzsch and R. Lorch in 2010. Apart from that, there exists a second Arabic translation of this text in two manuscripts in Hebrew cursive script. For readers interested in the matter, we here edit the text of Book I of the work in this second version and discuss some differences here from the version edited in 2010.