Roger Bacon and the Origins of Perspectiva in the Middle Ages: A Critical Edition and English Translation of Bacon's Perspectiva with Introduction and Notes

Introduction -- Life And Works -- Bacon's Optical Writings -- The Origins Of Optical Knowledge In The Latin West -- The Translations -- The Debate Over The Methodology Of Perspectiva In The Thirteenth Century -- Bacon And The Mathematization Of Perspectiva -- Perspectiva As An Experimental Science -- Bacon's Theory Of Light And Vision -- Reflection And Refraction -- The Fortuna Of Bacon's Perspectiva -- Manuscripts And Editions -- Editorial Procedures -- Perspectiva: Text, Translation, Apparatus Criticus -- Appendices -- Notes To The Translation -- Bibliography -- Index. By David C. Lindberg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.