| Reference number | EL/G1/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from G. G. [Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642], dated at Florence, to Padre Benedetto Castelli (1578-1643), Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pisa |
| Creator | Galilei; Galileo (1564-1642); Italian physicist; mathematician; astronomer; philosopher |
| Date | 21 December 1613 |
| Description | Attempting to reconcile the Copernican system with Scriptures and in particular with the noted passage in Joshua
Attributed to Galileo |
| Language | Italian |
| Extent | 7 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
| Origin coordinates | 43.76667, 11.25 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | LBO Supplement, Volume 3 (D-G) pp 397-408
LBC Supplement Volume 3, pp 333-343
Transcribed in 'Le opere di Galileo Galilei...' (Florence, 1895), vol 5, p 281
English translation in 'Galileo at work. His scientific biography' by Stillman Drake (University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 1978), pp 224-229
M. Camerota, F. Giudice, S. Ricciardo, 'The reappearance of Galileo's original Letter to Benedetto Castelli'', Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 2018. |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f6c84fe5-831b-4ea5-9d8f-10593a4ea513 |
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| Document | Transcription of letter by GG (EL_G1_1).doc |