Cosmas Indicopleustes
Cosmas Indicopleustes (Yunani Κοσμᾶς Ἰνδικοπλεύστης, artinya "Cosmas yang berlayar ke India"; yang juga dikenal sebagai Kosmas sang Biarawan) adalah seorang pedagang Yunani dan kemudian eremit darri Aleksandria, Mesir.[1] Ia merupakan seorang penjelajah abad ke-6, yang membuat beberapa perjalanan ke India pada masa pemerintahan kaisar Yustinianus. Karyanya Topografi Kristen berisi beberapa peta dunia terawal dan terkenal.[2][3][4] Cosmas merupakan murid dari Patriarkh Siria Timur Aba I dan ia sendiri adalah pengikut Gereja Timur.[5][6]
| Biografi | |
|---|---|
| Kelahiran | 6 abad Aleksandria |
| Kematian | 6 abad Aleksandria |
| Data pribadi | |
| Agama | Nestorianisme |
| Kegiatan | |
| Pekerjaan | explorer, penulis, astronom, ahli geografi |
| Periode aktif | (Floruit: 6 abad ) |
| Murid dari | Aba I |
| Karya kreatif | |
Karya terkenal | |
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- ^ Beatrice Nicolini, Penelope-Jane Watson, Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean (1799–1856), 2004, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-13780-7.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008, O.Ed, Cosmas Indicopleustes.
- ^ Yule, Henry. Cathay and the Way Thither. Asian Educational Services. hlm. 212–32. ISBN 978-81-206-1966-1.
- ^ Miller, Hugh (1857). The Testimony of the Rocks. Boston: Gould and Lincoln. hlm. 428.
- ^ Cosmas Indicopleustes (24 June 2010). The Christian Topography of Cosmas, an Egyptian Monk: Translated from the Greek, and Edited with Notes and Introduction. Cambridge University Press. hlm. 87. ISBN 978-1-108-01295-9. Diakses tanggal 3 November 2012.
- ^ Johnson, Scott (November 2012). The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. hlm. 1019. ISBN 978-0-19-533693-1. Diakses tanggal 3 November 2012.
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- Kenneth Willis Clark collection of Greek Manuscripts: Cosmas Indicopleustes, Topographia.
- Cosmas Indicopleustes, ed. J.W. McCrindle (1897). The Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes. Hakluyt Society. (Reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-108-01295-9)
- Cosmas Indicopleustes, Eric Otto Winstedt (1909). The Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes. The University Press
- Jeffrey Burton Russell (1997). Inventing the Flat Earth. Praeger Press
- Dr. Jerry H Bentley (2005). Traditions and Encounters. McGraw Hill.
- Wanda Wolska-Conus. La topographie chrétienne de Cosmas Indicopleustes: théologie et sciences au VIe siècle Vol. 3, Bibliothèque Byzantine. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1962.
- Cosmas Indicopleustes. Cosmas Indicopleustès, Topographie chrétienne. Translated by Wanda Wolska-Conus. 2 vols. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 1968.
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cosmas (of Alexandria)". Encyclopædia Britannica (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press.- The Christian Topography by Cosmas Indicopleustes
- The Christian Topography by Cosmas Indicopleustes (other site)
- Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with analytical indexes
- Scan of the entire Codex Vat.gr.699 on Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana website
