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Epitome of Physics

Epitome physica · Nikephoros Blemmydes · c. 1250-1260 · treatise

Greek · domain: philosophy · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS Primo search 'Blemmydes epitome physica' returns only the 1605 editio princeps and its 1606 Latin version (Wegelin, Augsburg), a 2021 German manuscript study (Valente, CAGB Series academica 6, 'Untersuchungen zur handschriftlichen Überlieferung', note 'In German'), and no English-language record or modern-language translation. A scan of the series field across all 66 HOLLIS records returned for 'Blemmydes' shows no volume in the Fathers of the Church, Ancient Christian Writers or Popular Patristics series (checked 2026-11-13). The Greek text is printed in Migne, Patrologia Graeca 142 (verified by searching the archive.org OCR of that volume). No English translation was located (checked 2026-11-13).

The standard Byzantine textbook of natural philosophy, used in Greek schools into the eighteenth century and the base of the Latin 'Epitome physica' tradition. Access is effectively limited to the 1605/1606 Latin and Migne's reprint of the Greek.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain
bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_patrologiae-cursus-completus-_1865_142

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Nikephoros Blemmydes Epitome of Physics — 3 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

RecordCitation
Nicephori Blemmidae Epitome physica
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272 · Anno reparatae Salutis humanae 1606 · lat
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272. "Nicephori Blemmidae Epitome physica." Avgvstae Vindelicorvm : Apvd Davidem Francvm, Anno reparatae Salutis humanae 1606. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990017081680203941
Nicephori Blemmidae Epitome physica : triginta & unius gravissimorum capitu[m], cum fragmento insuper exegeseos in Psalmum octavum : quibus non tantùm physica, sed etiam geographica, astronomica, optica, astrologica & theologica multa pertractantur
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272 · Anno Salutis 1605 · lat
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272. "Nicephori Blemmidae Epitome physica : triginta & unius gravissimorum capitu[m], cum fragmento insuper exegeseos in Psalmum octavum : quibus non tantùm physica, sed etiam geographica, astronomica, optica, astrologica & theologica multa pertractantur." Avgvstae Vindelicorvm : Excudit D…
Nikēphorou monastou kai presvyterou tou Vlemmidou Epitomē logikēs
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272 · etei 1784 · gre
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272. "Nikēphorou monastou kai presvyterou tou Vlemmidou Epitomē logikēs." En Leipsia tēs Saxonias : En tē typographia tou Vreitkopph, etei 1784. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022137380203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Epitome of Physics” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-blemmydes-epitome-physica