Together with Fabio Acerbi (CNRS, Paris), Florian Keßler, and Ramon Masià (Barcelona), Andrea Bréard has published an innovative approach to Christoph Clavius’ Latin translation of Euclid’s Elements. It is studied by applying standard and less standard tools of computational linguistics. Clavius’ lexical choices are compared with the relevant Greek and Latin editions and translations. We thereby assessed Clavius’ treatment of Latin sources, as well as his specific, scholarly aims and his general strategy.
The article is Open Access and can be downloaded including its technical Appendix here.