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Astrolabes in medieval cultures / edited by Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, Ryan Szpiech

Rodríguez-Arribas, Josefina [HerausgeberIn] ; Burnett, Charles *1951-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Ackermann, Silke [HerausgeberIn] ; Szpiech, Ryan [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019

1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 508 pages) : Illustrationen

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Astrolabes in Medieval cultures. - Leiden : Brill, 2019. - VI, 508 Seiten

978-90-04-38786-7

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-04-38380-7 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1163/9789004387867

*Astrolabium

*Astrolabes -- History ; Astronomical instruments -- History ; Nautical instruments -- History

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QB85

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 522/.20902;

Book Industry Communication: HB

bisacsh: HIS 000000

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the New Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures -- Introduction -- Hic Sunt Dracones-Astrolabe Research Revisited -- Chapter 1 Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya -- Chapter 2 The Astrolabe Finger Ring of Bonetus de Latis: Study, Latin text, and English Translation with Commentary -- Chapter 3 Some Features of the Old Castilian Alfonsine Translation of ʿAlī Ibn Khalaf's Treatise on the Lámina Universal -- Chapter 4 From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the Astrolabe -- Chapter 5 Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary -- Chapter 6 A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends -- Chapter 7 Saphaeae and Hayʾāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus -- Chapter 8 Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X's Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments -- Chapter 9 Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with "Quatrefoil" Retes -- Chapter 10 European Astrolabes to ca. 1500: An Ordered List -- Chapter 11 Too Many Arabic Treatises on the Operation of the Astrolabe in the Medieval Islamic World: Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī's Treatise on Knowing the Astrolabe and His Editorial Method -- Chapter 12 Changing the Angle of Vision: Astrolabe Dials on Astronomical Clocks -- Chapter 13 Astrolabes for the King: The Astrolabe of Petrus Raimundi of Barcelona -- Chapter 14 A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes -- Epilogue -- Reconstruction of the Plate of Eclipses according to the Description by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā -- Index

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