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

项目摘要SES 0322627Alan M.斯塔尔，迪布纳科学技术史研究所“罗兹的迈克尔：十五世纪的科学技术笔记本”这一提案要求支持合作历史研究，以制作一个从未研究过的学术版，420页，15世纪水手罗兹的迈克尔的科学技术手稿。1401年进入威尼斯服务，迈克尔参加了40多个商业和军事航行，最终成为一个厨房船长。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一个世纪普通人的科学和技术知识的独特纲要，包括160多页的实用数学和代数，第一个已知的欧洲造船论文，几套罕见的航行方向，精美的插图占星术材料和几个天文表。本文提供了一个独特的机会，研究科学和技术融入一个普通的早期现代公民的生活。自16世纪以来，这份手稿一直下落不明，现代学者从未见过它 这个项目最初的智力价值是，它将提供一个重要的，以前从未见过的手稿的最终文本，使其内容永久提供给所有领域的学者。历史考察为进一步研究奠定了坚实的基础。新的数学材料和随附的文章将揭示阿拉伯数字和代数在这个时候继续吸收到西方的状态。文本将提供第一个已知的欧洲论文海军建筑，并提供第一个详细的历史讨论威尼斯船舶设计技术的英语。该版本将提供航海史上的新文本，有助于对海图的开发和使用的辩论，并将有助于对占星术在早期现代欧洲非精英中的作用的日益激烈的辩论。最重要的是，这份手稿提供了一个难得的窗口，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，因为它提请注意在科学和技术史上代表不足的民族的作用。它将强调中东伊斯兰人民在将阿拉伯数字和代数的使用传播到西方方面的关键作用。侧重于罗兹的迈克尔的贡献，它将强调社会的非精英成员在他们的时代的科学和技术发展的日常参与。此外，该项目还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模式。最后，该项目的成果将通过一个围绕迈克尔生平的公共网站向非学术受众分发，这将吸引年轻人对历史以及科学和技术的早期性质和发展的兴趣。

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.