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Journal Article
Levi ben Gerson and Augustinus Ricius on the Moon
2021
Overview
In 1651, the Jesuit astronomer, Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671), published
a map of the Moon with craters named after famous astronomers, without
explaining the reasons for his choices. This paper addresses the basis for his
decision to include craters named after Levi ben Gerson (1288–1344) and
Augustinus Ricius (fl. 1513). It is argued that Riccioli’s only source of
information on their astronomical work was a treatise by Ricius which Riccioli
cited. There is also a tradition that the crater “Riccius” was named for the
Jesuit missionary to China, Matteo Ricci (d. 1610), or that the crater was named
in honor of both Matteo and Augustinus.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
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