This book examines the transmission processes of the Aristotelian
Mechanics. It does so to enable readers to appreciate the value of
the treatise based on solid knowledge of the principles of the
text. In addition, the book's critical examination helps clear up
many of the current misunderstandings about the transmission of the
text and the diagrams. The first part of the book sets out the
Greek manuscript tradition of the Mechanics, resulting in a newly
established stemma codicum that illustrates the affiliations of the
manuscripts. This research has led to new insights into the
transmission of the treatise, most importantly, it also
demonstrates an urgent need for a new text. A first critical
edition of the diagrams contained in the Greek manuscripts of the
treatise is also presented. These diagrams are not only significant
for a reconstruction of the text but can also be considered as a
commentary on the text. Diagrams are thus revealed to be a powerful
tool in studying processes of the transfer and transformation of
knowledge. This becomes especially relevant when the manuscript
diagrams are compared with those in the printed editions and in
commentaries from the early modern period. The final part of the
book shows that these early modern diagrams and images reflect the
altered scope of the mechanical discipline in the sixteenth
century.
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