Interpretatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science: Alhacen’s De aspectibus / Kitab al-Manazir

Interpretatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science

This publication is devoted to the history of pre-modern science understood as a subject that includes not only what was variously called science from antiquity up to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe, but also the diverse contexts in which this science figured at a given  time. It aims to make fundamental texts in the history of science accessible to the modern reader both online and in print, by means of editions, translations, and interpretations that satisfy the requirements of specialists but still address the needs of non-specialists and general readers.

Interpretatio comes in two forms. The first, Series A, is comprised of brief  items (each numbered and paginated separately) that are published as they are ready. The second, Series B, is for monographs, collections of essays, and the like.

Interpretatio is intended for readers interested in the history and interpretation of the various disciplines called science in the West from antiquity until the modern era, as well as in intellectual history and philology.

B001	A. Mark Smith	Alhacen’s Theory of Visual Perception: A Critical Edition, with English Translation and Commentary, of the First Three Books of Alhacen’s De aspectibus, the Medieval Latin Version of Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Manazir 978–1–934846–00–1
B002	A. Mark Smith	Alhacen on the Principles of Reflection: A Critical Edition, with English Translation and Commentary, of Books 4 and 5 of Alhacen’s De aspectibus 978–1–934846–01–8
B003	A. Mark Smith	Alhacen on Image-Formation and Distortion in Mirrors: A Critical Edition, with English Translation and Commentary, of Book 6 of Alhacen’s De aspectibus 978–1–934846–02–5