Abstract: In the “Judgment of Bisexte” from his 1536 almanac, Rabelais gives an obscure reference: “Ptoleme in Isagoge ad megan astronomon.” Michael A. Screech, in his English translation, has rendered the passage as follows: “Ptolemy in his Isagoge for Megan the Astronomer.” It is worth looking at the bibliographies that exist, including lost or alleged works of Ptolemy, to find no mention of an introduction by this author for a certain Megan the Astronomer.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
EAN:9782406129431
ISBN:978-2-406-12943-1
ISSN: 2554-9111
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12943-1.p.0431
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 03-23-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: calendar reform, astrology, astronomy, leap year, ancient Greek, Julius Caesar, Gregory XIII, solar year, leap day, gap between calendar year and solar year
