Michael of Rhodes: A Scientific and Technological Notebook of the Fifteenth Century

项目摘要SES 0322627 Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology“Michael of Rhodes：A Science and Technology Notebook of the 15世纪”该提案请求支持合作的历史研究，以制作15世纪罗兹水手迈克尔从未研究过的420页科学技术手稿的学术版本。1401年进入威尼斯人服务，迈克尔参加了40多次商船和军事航行，最终成为一名厨房船长。1434年，他做出了一个真正了不起的决定，写下了他认为自己拥有的基本知识。十年后完成的手稿是15世纪普通人科学技术知识的独特概要，其中包括160多页实用数学和代数、已知的第一本欧洲造船论文、几套罕见的航行方向、插图精美的占星术材料和几张天文表格。这篇课文为研究科学技术如何融入普通早期现代公民的生活提供了一个独特的机会。这份手稿自16世纪失踪以来，从未被任何现代学者看到过。这个项目最初的学术价值是，它将提供一份重要的、从未见过的手稿的最终文本，使其内容永久地为所有领域的学者所用。历史考察将为进一步研究奠定坚实的基础。新的数学材料和随附的论文将揭示目前阿拉伯数字和代数继续被西方吸收的状态。该文本将提供第一个已知的欧洲海军建筑论文，并提供第一个详细的历史讨论威尼斯人的船舶设计技术的英语语言。该版本将在航海史上提供新的文本，有助于关于开发和使用海图的辩论，它将有助于早期现代欧洲非精英人士对占星术作用的日益激烈的辩论。最重要的是，这份手稿提供了一扇难得的窗口，让我们了解科学技术在个人生活中的作用。我们的项目具有更广泛的意义，因为它引起了人们对未被充分代表的民族在科技史上的作用的关注。它将强调中东伊斯兰人民在向西方传播阿拉伯数字和代数的使用方面的关键作用。重点是罗兹的迈克尔的贡献，它将强调社会的非精英成员每天参与他们所在时代的科学和技术发展。此外，该项目将建立一个国际学者网络，并为数字时代的国际和跨学科合作提供一个模式。最后，该项目的成果将通过一个围绕迈克尔生平组织的公共网站分发给非学术受众，该网站将吸引年轻人对历史和科学技术的早期性质和发展感兴趣。

Project AbstractSES 0322627Alan M. Stahl, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology"Michael of Rhodes: A Scientific and Technological Notebook of the Fifteenth Century" This proposal requests support for the collaborative historical research needed to produce a scholarly edition of the never-before-studied, 420-page, scientific and technological manuscript of the 15th century mariner Michael of Rhodes. Entering Venetian service in 1401, Michael took part in more than 40 merchant and military voyages, eventually becoming a galley captain. In 1434 he made the truly remarkable decision to write down the essential knowledge he felt he possessed. Completed ten years later, the resulting manuscript is a unique compendium of the scientific and technical knowledge of a common man of the 15th century, including more than 160 pages of practical mathematics and algebra, the first known European treatise on shipbuilding, several sets of rare sailing directions, beautifully illustrated astrological materials and several astronomical tables. The text provides a unique opportunity to study the integration of science and technology into the life of an ordinary early modern citizen. Missing since the 16th century, the manuscript has never been seen by any modern scholars The initial intellectual merit of this project is that it will provide a definitive text of an important, never before seen manuscript, making its contents permanently available to scholars in all fields. The historical investigations will provide a sure foundation for further studies. The new material on mathematics and the accompanying essay will reveal the state of the continuing absorption of Arabic numeral and algebra into the West at this time. The text will make available the first known European treatise on naval architecture, and provide the first detailed historical discussion of Venetian ship design techniques in the English language. The edition will provide new texts in the history of navigation, contributing to the debate over the development and use of sea charts, and it will contribute to the growing debate over the role of astrology among non-elites in early modern Europe. Above all, this manuscript provides a rare window into the role of science and technology in the life of a single individual. Our project has wider significance because it draws attention to the role of under-represented peoples in the history of science and technology. It will emphasize the crucial role of the Islamic peoples of the Middle East in transmitting the use of Arabic numerals and algebra to the West. Focusing on the contributions of Michael of Rhodes, it will emphasize the daily participation of non-elite members of society in the scientific and technical developments of their time. In addition, the project will build a network of international scholars and provide a model for international and interdisciplinary collaborations in a digital age. Finally, the results of the project will be distributed to a non-academic audience through a public website, organized around the life of Michael, that will attract the interest of young people to history, and to the early nature and development of science and technology.