Talk:De sphaera mundi

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For earlier discussion related to a now-deleted article on this book, see Talk:Sphaera Mundi.

The deleted article was the subject of a dispute regarding whether the author was entitled to insist on attribution to another wiki. I did not rely on that article for any of the information I used to create this one, so the issue is now moot. Frankly, the article was of poor quality in any case, as it focused on a specific edition of the book (and not even the first printing), rather than being about the book itself.

From the previous discussion and my brief research, it remains unclear what the most common title of the book is, as it carried several in its various editions. Although "De sphaera mundi" gives it the real flavor of astronomy, it may be that plain "De sphaera" is more accurate. Anyone who wants to pursue this further should probably get their hands on The Sphere of Sacrobosco and its Commentators by Lynn Thorndike, which was mentioned earlier and would probably make a great start to building a "References" section. --Michael Snow 05:33, 15 August 2005 (UTC)