Astrolabes in Medieval cultures:

First published as a special issue of the journal Medieval Encounters (vol. 23, 2017), this volume, edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, and Ryan Szpiech, brings together fifteen studies on various aspects of the astrolabe in medieval cultures. The astrolabe, devel...

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Other Authors: Rodríguez-Arribas, Josefina (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2019]
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Summary:First published as a special issue of the journal Medieval Encounters (vol. 23, 2017), this volume, edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, and Ryan Szpiech, brings together fifteen studies on various aspects of the astrolabe in medieval cultures. The astrolabe, developed in antiquity and elaborated throughout the Middle Ages, was used for calculation, teaching, and observation, and also served astrological and medical purposes. It was the most popular and prestigious of the mathematical instruments, and was found equally among practitioners of various sciences and arts as among princes in royal courts. By considering sources and instruments from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish contexts, this volume provides state-of-the-art research on the history and use of the astrolabe throughout the Middle Ages. Contributors are Silke Ackermann, Emilia Calvo, John Davis, Laura Fernandez Fernandez, Miquel Forcada, Azucena Hernandez, David A. King, Taro Mimura, Gunther Oestmann, Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, Petra G. Schmidl, Giorgio Strano, Flora Vafea, and Johannes Thomann
Item Description:Originally published as Volume 23, No. 1-5 (2017) of Brill's journal "Medieval encounters"
Includes index
Physical Description:VI, 508 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9789004383807

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