Format:
1 online resource (428 pages).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781003278924
,
1003278922
,
9781000585018
,
1000585018
,
9781000585155
,
1000585158
Series Statement:
Variorum collected studies series CS1009
Content:
Contents: Preface; Part I General: Islamic astronomy; From inscriptions to context: some Islamic astronomical instruments and their secrets; Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets. Part II Regional Studies: Aspects of Fatimid astronomy: from hard-core mathematical astronomy to architectural orientations in Cairo; Mamluk astronomy and the institution of the muwaqqit; On the history of astronomy in the medieval Maghrib. Part III Mathematical Astrology: A Hellenistic astrological table deemed worthy of being penned in gold ink: the Arabic tradition of Vettius Valens' auxiliary function for finding the length of life. Part IV Sacred Geography and the Sacred Direction: The sacred geography of Islam; Al-Bazdawi on the qibla in early Islamic Transoxania. Part V Mathematical Geography: Too many cooks--
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781409442011
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781409442011
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003278924
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