Illustrating the Phaenomena

Illustrating the Phaenomena
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 486
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199609697
ISBN-13 : 0199609691
Rating : 4/5 (691 Downloads)
DOWNLOAD EBOOK
Book Synopsis Illustrating the Phaenomena by : Elly Dekker

Download or read book Illustrating the Phaenomena written by Elly Dekker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making these artefacts in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Islamic world and the European Renaissance before 1500.


Illustrating the Phaenomena Related Books

Illustrating the Phaenomena
Language: en
Pages: 486

Illustrating the Phaenomena

Authors: Elly Dekker
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making t
Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts
Language: en
Pages: 482

Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts

Authors: Marion Dolan
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-22 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation of the illustrated Aratea astronomical manuscript and its many interpretations over the centur
Phaenomena
Language: en
Pages: 107

Phaenomena

Authors: Aratus (Solensis.)
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovi
Euclid's Phaenomena
Language: en
Pages: 164

Euclid's Phaenomena

Authors: J. L. Berggren
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-29 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Originally published in 1996, this book contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of a
An Introduction to African Languages
Language: en
Pages: 287

An Introduction to African Languages

Authors: G. Tucker Childs
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-19 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book introduces beginning students and non-specialists to the diversity and richness of African languages. In addition to providing a solid background to t