Yesai Krymetsi ( armenian Եսայի Ղրիմեցի ) is an Armenian scholar and calendarist of the 15th century [1] .
| Esai Krymetsi | |
|---|---|
| Եսայի Ղրիմեցի | |
| Date of Birth | beginning of the 15th century |
| Place of Birth | Cafe |
| Date of death | XV century |
| Place of death | Cafe |
| Scientific field | calendar specialist |
Biography
Born in the Crimea , in the city of Kafa ( Feodosia ), where he lived his whole life. He was the son of a nobleman Astvatsatur, famous among the Theodosian Armenians [2] . He was trained at the school at the monastery of St. Anthony near Kafa, where he also became a monk at an early age. In 1441 he wrote a calendar work consisting of rather complicated cosmographic tables, giving relevant comments and explanations. Communication with the Genoese merchants of Feodosia helped Esai expand the horizons of Armenian calendar studies [3] . He was fluent in Arabic [4] , was well acquainted with Arabic cosmography [5] . In 1444 he wrote the essay "Calendar of the Sun and the Moon" ( Armenian "Տումար արեգական և լուսնի" ), which came to us in three copies of the mid-15th century. In this work, along with Armenian terms (names of planets , zodiac signs , stars , etc.) Yesai gives Arabic, Persian, Latin and Greek equivalents. At the end of the text is a drawing of astrolabe , with the help of which, in all probability, he made his observations [6] . In addition to cosmography, he was interested in theology, philosophy and musical instruments. It is mentioned in some manuscripts from Kafa in the 1430-1440s, after which biographical data are missing.
Notes
- ↑ Sharipin A.V. Amalgam of intellectual tradition in Ukrainian culture XIV – XV centuries Archived copy of November 2, 2013 on the Wayback Machine , ”Gilea: science newsletter”: Збірник наукових праць.- К., 2013. Випуск 69
- ↑ Khachikyan, L.S., Memorials in Armenian manuscripts of the 15th century, Part I (1401-1450) , ed. AS ASSR, Er., 1955, p. 696
- ↑ Khachikyan, L.S. The Armenian natural-science thought in the XIV-XVIII centuries. Historical and Philological Journal of the Academy of Sciences of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1971) No. 2, pp. 23-44.
- ↑ N.V. Paronyan, Primordial and loanwords in the work of Esai Krymetsi “Calendar of the Sun and the Moon” Archived November 2, 2013 on Wayback Machine , Scientists of ASPU, No. 1 (18), Er., 2013
- ↑ Sharipin A.V., The phenomenology of the hour in Ukrainian culture, XIV-XV centuries , Kiev
- ↑ J. A. Einatyan, Two remarkable 15th century Armenian calendar scholars Hakob Krymetsi and Yesai Krymetsi. Yerevan, 2011
Reading Literature
- Yesai Krymetsi - “Calendar of the Sun and the Moon” , ed. J. A. Einatyan, Yerevan, 1990