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Author : Pieter Hendrik van Cittert
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Astrolabes
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004387867
First published as a special issue of the journal Medieval Encounters (vol. 23, 2017), this volume, edited by Josefina Rodríguez-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 Fernández Fernández, Miquel Forcada, Azucena Hernández, David A. King, Taro Mimura, Günther Oestmann, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, Petra G. Schmidl, Giorgio Strano, Flora Vafea, and Johannes Thomann.
Author : Alan Stimson
Publisher : UC Biblioteca Geral 1
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Astrolabes
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
With a historical introduction and detailed descriptions of 65 mariner's astrolabes. All astrolabes described are illustrated on full pages. Richly illustrated.
Author : David A. King
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004113673
The author describes how Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction ("qibla") towards Mecca and presents two highly sophisticated Mecca-centred world-maps for finding the "qibla." These recently-discovered world-maps have forced a reevaluation of Muslim achievements in mathematics and cartography.
Author : Wayne Horowitz
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780931464997
Author : Robert Odell Bork,Andrea Kann
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0754663078
This sixth volume in the AVISTA series considers medieval travel from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, placing the physical practice of transportation in the larger context of medieval thought about the world and its meaning. The papers included cover vehicle design and logistical management, the practicalities of how travellers oriented themselves, and the symbolism of the landscapes and maps created in the Middle Ages.
Author : John David North,Lodi W. Nauta,Arie Johan Vanderjagt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : 9004114688
The essays in this volume reflect the wide-ranging interests of John D. North, distinguished historian of science and philosophy. They take up various themes to which he has made important contributions: the development of scientific knowledge and methodology, the style of scientific and philosophical thought, and the uses of scientific knowledge in the making of instruments or the casting of horoscopes. These essays will be of much interest to all historians of science and philosophy.
Author : James E.. Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Astrolabes
ISBN : 0939320304
Author : Thomas F. Glick,Steven John Livesey,Faith Wallis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415969301
Demonstrates that the millennium from the fall of the Roman Empire to the flowering of the Renaissance was a period of great intellectual and practical achievement and innovation. This reference work will be useful to scholars, students, and general readers researching topics in many fields of study, including medieval studies and world history.
Author : Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum,Roderick S. Webster,Marjorie Webster
Publisher : Adler Planetarium, Astronomy
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050041279
The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago is home to one of the world's great collections of astrolabes. Roderick and Marjorie Webster, Adler Curators Emeriti, present the Western astrolabes from the Adler's collection. The earliest of these instruments dates from the 13th century, others are from the workshops of the greatest craftsmen of the Renaissance. All are described here and illustrated lavishly with photographs showing the front, the back and additional details such as the maker's signature. Introductory essays by the Websters and Sara Schechner Genuth explain the use of the astrolabe and its role in cultural and social history, while the appendices and bibliography provide information essential to the specialist.
Author : François Charette
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9004130152
This study of mathematical instrumentation in the Mamluk world contains the edition and translation of a unique, richly-illustrated treatise, and provides a fascinating historical account of several instrument models that were thus far unknown or inadequately documented.
Author : Farghānī
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3515087133
In the Middle Ages the astrolabe was the best known and most widely used astronomical instrument both in the Islamic world and in the West. The oldest extant description of the construction of this instrument was written by the well-known Arabic astronomer al-Farghani (Baghdad, ca. 856). His treatise is especially valuable because of the tables it contains to enable an artificer to draw the various circles and arcs on the instrument. The Arabic text of this work, including the tables, is presented here for the first time in a critical edition, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary reproducing al-Farghani's reasoning in modern mathematical notation.
Author : David A. King
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Acrostics
ISBN : UVA:X030337653
On the astrolabe presented by the young German astronomer Regiomontanus to his ageing patron Cardinal Bessarion there is a Latin epigram and the image of an angel. The former is a geometrically-arranged acrostic with eight hidden vertical axes. Of these, the two principal ones correspond precisely to the two principal axes of the enigmatic painting "The Flagellation of Christ" by Piero della Francesca. In this are five figures in a flagellation scene on the left and three "modern" figures on the right, including a bearded Greek and an "angelic" young man in cardinal red. Over 40 interpretations of the three "moderns" have been proposed over the past 150 years. In this book, David King shows how clusters of letters across the epigram reveal double or multiple identities for each and every one of the eight persons in the painting. The only new person in the drama is Regiomontanus, whose epigram provided the inspiration for the painting. His image embodies three talented young men close to Bessarion who had recently died, and also symbolizes the cardinal's hope for the future.
Author : William E. Burns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781440851438
Alphabetically arranged entries cover the history of astrology from ancient Mesopotamia to the 21st century. In addition to surveying the Western tradition, the book explores Islamic, Indian, East Asian, and Mesoamerican astrology. The field of astrology is growing rapidly, as historians recognize its centrality to the intellectual life of the past and sociologists and anthropologists treat its importance in a number of modern cultures. Despite the historical and cultural significance of the subject, most reference works on astrology focus on instructional techniques and are written by astrologers with little or no interest in the history of the topic. This book instead offers an objective treatment of astrology across world history from ancient Mesopotamia to the present. The book provides alphabetically arranged entries by expert contributors writing on such topics as horoscopes, court astrologers, Renaissance astrology, and comets. While it considers the Western tradition, it also treats Islamic, Indian, East Asian, and Mesoamerican astrology. In doing so, it explores the role of astrology in shaping science, literature, religion, art, and other defining cultural traditions. Sidebars offer excerpts from various historical texts, while entries provide suggestions for further reading.
Author : Gerard L'Estrange Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060624882
An international authority on historical scientific instruments, Gerard Turner has collected here his essays on European astrolabes and related topics. By 1600 the astrolabe had nearly ceased to be made and used in the West, and before that date there was little of the source material for the study of instruments that exists for more modern times. Astrolabes in particular are rich in all sorts of information, mathematical, astronomical, metallurgical, in addition to what they can reveal about craftsmanship, the existence of workshops, and economic and social conditions. Gerard Turner's forensic achievements include the identification of three astrolabes made by Gerard Mercator, all of whose instruments were thought to have been destroyed. Other essays concentrate on the discovery of an important late 16th-century Florentine workshop, and a group of mid-15th-century German astrolabes linked to Regiomontanus.