Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino
Peter of Abano likely met Marco Polo in Venice sometime during the years 1300-1303. Peter asks Marco Polo information about a star of the antarctic region which had a sack-like form in the description of the arab astronomer al-Bumasar. Marco Polo witnesses that in the antarctic pole is visible a sta...
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ftunivromaojs1:oai:rosa.uniroma1.it:article/404 2023-05-15T14:00:24+02:00 Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino Bottin, Francesco 2008-06-01 application/pdf https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa01/medicina_nei_secoli/article/view/404 ita ita Sapienza Università Editrice https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa01/medicina_nei_secoli/article/view/404/378 https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa01/medicina_nei_secoli/article/view/404 Copyright (c) 2017 Medicina nei Secoli Medicina nei secoli - Journal of History of Medicine and Medical Humanities; Vol. 20 No. 2 (2008); 427-446 0394-9001 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2008 ftunivromaojs1 2021-10-02T16:53:32Z Peter of Abano likely met Marco Polo in Venice sometime during the years 1300-1303. Peter asks Marco Polo information about a star of the antarctic region which had a sack-like form in the description of the arab astronomer al-Bumasar. Marco Polo witnesses that in the antarctic pole is visible a star which has the light of piece of a cloud and a large tail (magna cauda). Polo confirms his observation of the star drawing a picture of it. He reports also the altitude of the star in the southern hemisphere measured by eye (in apparentia lancea militis), while the arctic pole was invisible. Polo’s observations of the star are confirmed in the Conciliator, where Peter quotes widely passages of the first letter from India sent by the franciscan John of Montecorvino (frater Iohannes Cordelarius), that Peter received in the same days. Thanks to his account Peter of Abano recollects the first attempt to describe the Southern Cross. Key words: Peter of Abano - Marco Polo - John of Montecorvino Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Riviste Online SApienza - R.O.SA - 1 (Sapienza University of Rome) Antarctic Arctic Polo ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600) The Antarctic |
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Peter of Abano likely met Marco Polo in Venice sometime during the years 1300-1303. Peter asks Marco Polo information about a star of the antarctic region which had a sack-like form in the description of the arab astronomer al-Bumasar. Marco Polo witnesses that in the antarctic pole is visible a star which has the light of piece of a cloud and a large tail (magna cauda). Polo confirms his observation of the star drawing a picture of it. He reports also the altitude of the star in the southern hemisphere measured by eye (in apparentia lancea militis), while the arctic pole was invisible. Polo’s observations of the star are confirmed in the Conciliator, where Peter quotes widely passages of the first letter from India sent by the franciscan John of Montecorvino (frater Iohannes Cordelarius), that Peter received in the same days. Thanks to his account Peter of Abano recollects the first attempt to describe the Southern Cross. Key words: Peter of Abano - Marco Polo - John of Montecorvino |
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Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino |
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Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino |
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Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino |
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Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino |
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Pietro D'Abano, Marco Polo e Giovanni da Montecorvino |
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2008 |
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Medicina nei secoli - Journal of History of Medicine and Medical Humanities; Vol. 20 No. 2 (2008); 427-446 0394-9001 |
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