LEADER 03458nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910449992903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-46485-2 010 $a9781423710991 010 $a9786610464852 010 $a1-4237-1099-1 010 $a90-474-0102-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000032943 035 $a(EBL)253729 035 $a(OCoLC)171583046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277610 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225394 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277610 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240966 035 $a(PQKB)10422493 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC253729 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL253729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10090470 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46485 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000032943 100 $a20040121d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe call of the muezzin$b[electronic resource] $estudies in astronomical timekeeping and instrumentation in medieval Islamic civilization : (studies I-IX) /$fby David King 210 $aBoston $cBrill$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (987 p.) 225 0 $aIn synchronicity with the Heavens ;$vv.1 225 1 $aIslamic philosophy, theology, and science,$x0169-8729 ;$vv. 55 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-12233-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aTABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface 1; Preface 2; Statement on previous publication of parts of this work; Bibliography and bibliographical abbreviations; Part I A survey of tables for timekeeping by the sun and stars; Part II A survey of tables for regulating the times of prayer; Part III A survey of arithmetical shadow-schemes for time-reckoning; Part IV On the times of Muslim prayer; Part V On the role of the muezzin and the muwaqqit in medieval Islamic societies; Part VIa Universal solutions in Islamic astronomy 327 $aPart VIb Universal solutions to problems of spherical astronomy from Mamluk Syria and EgyptPart VIIa The orientation of medieval Islamic religious architecture and cities; Part VIIb Architecture and astronomy: the ventilators of medieval Cairo and their secrets; Part VIIc Safavid world-maps centred on Mecca; Part VIII Aspects of practical astronomy in mosques and monasteries; Part IX When the night sky over Qandahar was lit only by stars; Indexes 330 $aKing (history of science, F.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany), in the first of two volumes, presents an analysis of over 500 manuscripts that document the use of the sun and stars to keep time, an essential task in determining the hour of prayer, which is called by the muezzin in the Islamic world. (Volume 2 will be devoted to the instruments used 410 0$aIslamic philosophy, theology, and science ;$vv. 55. 606 $aAstronomy$zIslamic countries$xHistory 606 $aAstronomy, Medieval 606 $aIslam and science 606 $aTime (Islamic law) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAstronomy$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronomy, Medieval. 615 0$aIslam and science. 615 0$aTime (Islamic law) 676 $a520/.917/67 700 $aKing$b David A$020952 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449992903321 996 $aThe call of the muezzin$92172674 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01238nam a2200325 i 4500 001 991001316029707536 005 20020507114321.0 008 960707s1994 us ||| | eng 020 $a0306449986 035 $ab1020359x-39ule_inst 035 $aLE00645722$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Fisica$bita 084 $a53.6.3 084 $a620.1'064 084 $aTA35.5.T87 111 2 $aNATO Advanced Study Institute on turbulence$0464404 245 10$aTurbulence :$ba tentative dictionary /$cedited by P. Tabeling and O. Cardoso ; in coop. with NATO Scientific Affairs Division 260 $aNew York :$bPlenum Press,$c1994 300 $axii, 149 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm. 490 0 $aNATO ASI Series. Series B, Physics ;$v341 500 $aProceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held August 2-14, 1993, in Cargèse, France. 650 4$aTurbulence$xCongresses 700 1 $aCardoso, O. 700 1 $aTabeling, P. 907 $a.b1020359x$b17-02-17$c27-06-02 912 $a991001316029707536 945 $aLE006 53.6.1+53.6.3 TAB$g1$i2006000062367$lle006$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u1$v0$w1$x0$y.i10251534$z27-06-02 996 $aTurbulence$9192648 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$b01-01-96$cm$da $e-$feng$gus $h0$i1