Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance /

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Based on scores of medieval manuscript texts and diagrams, this book shows how Roman sources were used in the age of Charlemagne to reintroduce and expand a qualitative picture of articulated geometrical order in the heavens.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eastwood, Bruce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2007.
Colección:History of science and medicine library ; v. 4.
History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 8.
Temas:
Planetary theory > History.
Astronomy, Medieval > Europe.
Cosmology, Medieval.
Carolingians.
Astronomy, Medieval.
Théorie des planètes > Histoire.
Astronomie médiévale.
Cosmologie médiévale.
Carolingiens.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Astronomy, Medieval
Carolingians
Cosmology, Medieval
Planetary theory
Kosmologie.
Sterrenkunde.
Karolingische renaissance.
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Macrobius's Commentary on Scipio's dream : its Carolingian uses for astronomy and cosmology
  • Pliny the Elder's Natural history : encyclopedia for Carolingian astronomy and cosmology
  • Martianus Capella's synopsis of astronomy in The marriage of philology and Mercury and its major Carolingian commentaries
  • Using Calcidius's Commentarius in Carolingian astronomy
  • Carolingian diagrams for astronomy and cosmology.

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