Astrolabes in Medieval cultures / edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, Ryan Szpiech |
Autore | Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 522/.20902 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrolabes - History
Astronomical instruments - History Nautical instruments - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-04-38786-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface to the New Edition / Ryan Szpiech -- Preface to the First Edition -- Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas , Charles Burnett and Silke Ackermann -- Introduction -- Hic Sunt Dracones—Astrolabe Research Revisited / Silke Ackermann -- Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya / Johannes Thomann -- The Astrolabe Finger Ring of Bonetus de Latis: Study, Latin text, and English Translation with Commentary / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- Some Features of the Old Castilian Alfonsine Translation of ʿAlī Ibn Khalaf’s Treatise on the Lámina Universal / Emilia Calvo -- From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the Astrolabe / Flora Vafea -- Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary / Petra G. Schmidl -- A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends / Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma -- Saphaeae and Hayʾāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus / Miquel Forcada -- Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments / Laura Fernández Fernández -- Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with “Quatrefoil” Retes / John Davis -- European Astrolabes to circa 1500: An Ordered List / David A. King -- 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 / Taro Mimura -- Changing the Angle of Vision: Astrolabe Dials on Astronomical Clocks / Günther Oestmann -- Astrolabes for the King: The Astrolabe of Petrus Raimundi of Barcelona / Azucena Hernández -- A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes / Giorgio Strano -- Epilogue -- Reconstruction of the Plate of Eclipses according to the Description by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā / Flora Vafea -- Back Matter -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479950903321 |
Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrolabes in Medieval cultures / edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, Ryan Szpiech |
Autore | Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 522/.20902 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrolabes - History
Astronomical instruments - History Nautical instruments - History Astrolabis Instruments astronòmics Història de la ciència |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 90-04-38786-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface to the New Edition / Ryan Szpiech -- Preface to the First Edition -- Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas , Charles Burnett and Silke Ackermann -- Introduction -- Hic Sunt Dracones—Astrolabe Research Revisited / Silke Ackermann -- Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya / Johannes Thomann -- The Astrolabe Finger Ring of Bonetus de Latis: Study, Latin text, and English Translation with Commentary / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- Some Features of the Old Castilian Alfonsine Translation of ʿAlī Ibn Khalaf’s Treatise on the Lámina Universal / Emilia Calvo -- From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the Astrolabe / Flora Vafea -- Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary / Petra G. Schmidl -- A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends / Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma -- Saphaeae and Hayʾāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus / Miquel Forcada -- Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments / Laura Fernández Fernández -- Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with “Quatrefoil” Retes / John Davis -- European Astrolabes to circa 1500: An Ordered List / David A. King -- 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 / Taro Mimura -- Changing the Angle of Vision: Astrolabe Dials on Astronomical Clocks / Günther Oestmann -- Astrolabes for the King: The Astrolabe of Petrus Raimundi of Barcelona / Azucena Hernández -- A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes / Giorgio Strano -- Epilogue -- Reconstruction of the Plate of Eclipses according to the Description by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā / Flora Vafea -- Back Matter -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793313203321 |
Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrolabes in Medieval cultures / edited by Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, Ryan Szpiech |
Autore | Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 522/.20902 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrolabes - History
Astronomical instruments - History Nautical instruments - History Astrolabis Instruments astronòmics Història de la ciència |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 90-04-38786-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface to the New Edition / Ryan Szpiech -- Preface to the First Edition -- Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas , Charles Burnett and Silke Ackermann -- Introduction -- Hic Sunt Dracones—Astrolabe Research Revisited / Silke Ackermann -- Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya / Johannes Thomann -- The Astrolabe Finger Ring of Bonetus de Latis: Study, Latin text, and English Translation with Commentary / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- Some Features of the Old Castilian Alfonsine Translation of ʿAlī Ibn Khalaf’s Treatise on the Lámina Universal / Emilia Calvo -- From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the Astrolabe / Flora Vafea -- Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary / Petra G. Schmidl -- A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends / Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma -- Saphaeae and Hayʾāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus / Miquel Forcada -- Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments / Laura Fernández Fernández -- Fit for a King: Decoding the Great Sloane Astrolabe and Other English Astrolabes with “Quatrefoil” Retes / John Davis -- European Astrolabes to circa 1500: An Ordered List / David A. King -- 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 / Taro Mimura -- Changing the Angle of Vision: Astrolabe Dials on Astronomical Clocks / Günther Oestmann -- Astrolabes for the King: The Astrolabe of Petrus Raimundi of Barcelona / Azucena Hernández -- A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes / Giorgio Strano -- Epilogue -- Reconstruction of the Plate of Eclipses according to the Description by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā / Flora Vafea -- Back Matter -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810496803321 |
Rodríguez-Arribas Josefina | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astronomy's quest for sharp images : from blurred pictures to the Very Large Telescope / / Pierre Léna |
Autore | Léna Pierre |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 271 p. 48 illus., 38 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 522 |
Collana | Astronomers' universe |
Soggetto topico |
Imaging systems in astronomy - History
Astronomical instruments - History |
ISBN | 3-030-55811-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A night at Paranal -- From the depth of ages -- Too god to be true? Adaptive optics -- The adventurers of sharpness: interferometry -- The Very Large Telescope (VLT), double victory against fuzzy images -- Imaging exoplanets -- Our neighbour the black hole -- The future will be into the details -- Epilogue. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910427677903321 |
Léna Pierre | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astronomy's quest for sharp images : from blurred pictures to the Very Large Telescope / / Pierre Léna |
Autore | Léna Pierre |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 271 p. 48 illus., 38 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 522 |
Collana | Astronomers' universe |
Soggetto topico |
Imaging systems in astronomy - History
Astronomical instruments - History |
ISBN | 3-030-55811-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A night at Paranal -- From the depth of ages -- Too god to be true? Adaptive optics -- The adventurers of sharpness: interferometry -- The Very Large Telescope (VLT), double victory against fuzzy images -- Imaging exoplanets -- Our neighbour the black hole -- The future will be into the details -- Epilogue. . |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996418448403316 |
Léna Pierre | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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From Earth-bound to satellite [[electronic resource] ] : telescopes, skills, and networks / / edited by Alison D. Morrison-Low ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 522/.209 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Morrison-LowA. D |
Collana | History of science and medicine library |
Soggetto topico |
Telescopes - History
Astronomical instruments - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-33470-4
9786613334701 90-04-21461-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Galileo’s Shopping List: An Overlooked Document about Early Telescope Making / Giorgio Strano -- Johann Wiesel’s Telescopes and his Clientele / Inge Keil -- The ‘Invisible Technician’ Made Visible: Telescope Making in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth-century Dutch Republic / Huib J. Zuidervaart -- The Art of Polishing: Practice and Prose in Eighteenth-century Telescope Making / Jim A. Bennett -- Networks of Telescope Makers and the Evolution of Skill: Evidence from Observatory and Museum Collections / Gloria Clifton -- Scoping Longitude: Optical Designs for Navigation at Sea / Richard Dunn -- Following the Stars: Clockwork for Telescopes in the Nineteenth Century / James Caplan -- Telescopes Made in Berlin: From Carl Bamberg to Askania / Gudrun Wolfschmidt -- Wide-Field Photographic Telescopes: The Yale, Harvard and Harvard/Smithsonian Meteor and Satellite Camera Networks / Teasel Muir-Harmony , David H. DeVorkin and Peter Abrahams -- The Making of Space Astronomy: A Gift of the Cold War / Robert W. Smith -- General Index -- Colour Plates I–XIII. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457788803321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From Earth-bound to satellite [[electronic resource] ] : telescopes, skills, and networks / / edited by Alison D. Morrison-Low ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 522/.209 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Morrison-LowA. D |
Collana | History of science and medicine library |
Soggetto topico |
Telescopes - History
Astronomical instruments - History |
ISBN |
1-283-33470-4
9786613334701 90-04-21461-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Galileo’s Shopping List: An Overlooked Document about Early Telescope Making / Giorgio Strano -- Johann Wiesel’s Telescopes and his Clientele / Inge Keil -- The ‘Invisible Technician’ Made Visible: Telescope Making in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth-century Dutch Republic / Huib J. Zuidervaart -- The Art of Polishing: Practice and Prose in Eighteenth-century Telescope Making / Jim A. Bennett -- Networks of Telescope Makers and the Evolution of Skill: Evidence from Observatory and Museum Collections / Gloria Clifton -- Scoping Longitude: Optical Designs for Navigation at Sea / Richard Dunn -- Following the Stars: Clockwork for Telescopes in the Nineteenth Century / James Caplan -- Telescopes Made in Berlin: From Carl Bamberg to Askania / Gudrun Wolfschmidt -- Wide-Field Photographic Telescopes: The Yale, Harvard and Harvard/Smithsonian Meteor and Satellite Camera Networks / Teasel Muir-Harmony , David H. DeVorkin and Peter Abrahams -- The Making of Space Astronomy: A Gift of the Cold War / Robert W. Smith -- General Index -- Colour Plates I–XIII. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781539303321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From Earth-bound to satellite : telescopes, skills, and networks / / edited by Alison D. Morrison-Low ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 522/.209 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Morrison-LowA. D |
Collana | History of science and medicine library |
Soggetto topico |
Telescopes - History
Astronomical instruments - History |
ISBN |
1-283-33470-4
9786613334701 90-04-21461-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Galileo’s Shopping List: An Overlooked Document about Early Telescope Making / Giorgio Strano -- Johann Wiesel’s Telescopes and his Clientele / Inge Keil -- The ‘Invisible Technician’ Made Visible: Telescope Making in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth-century Dutch Republic / Huib J. Zuidervaart -- The Art of Polishing: Practice and Prose in Eighteenth-century Telescope Making / Jim A. Bennett -- Networks of Telescope Makers and the Evolution of Skill: Evidence from Observatory and Museum Collections / Gloria Clifton -- Scoping Longitude: Optical Designs for Navigation at Sea / Richard Dunn -- Following the Stars: Clockwork for Telescopes in the Nineteenth Century / James Caplan -- Telescopes Made in Berlin: From Carl Bamberg to Askania / Gudrun Wolfschmidt -- Wide-Field Photographic Telescopes: The Yale, Harvard and Harvard/Smithsonian Meteor and Satellite Camera Networks / Teasel Muir-Harmony , David H. DeVorkin and Peter Abrahams -- The Making of Space Astronomy: A Gift of the Cold War / Robert W. Smith -- General Index -- Colour Plates I–XIII. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821161703321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heaven and Earth United, : Instruments in Astrological Contexts |
Autore | Richard Dunn; Silke Ackermann; Giorgio Strano (Volume Editors) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | Scientific instruments and collections |
Soggetto topico | Astronomical instruments - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-04-38143-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction / Richard Dunn , Silke Ackermann and Giorgio Strano -- Using Astrolabes for Astrological Purposes: The Earliest Evidence Revisited / Petra G. Schmidl -- What’s on the Back of an Astrolabe? Astrolabes as Supports for Planetary Calculators / Seb Falk -- Medical and Astrological Plates: Their Roles in Medieval and Renaissance Knowledge / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- “Preciseness and Pleasure”: The Astrological Diptychs of Thomas Hood / Stephen Johnston -- Displaying Astrological Knowledge through Tabulation: Some Notes Pertaining to Particular Arrangement on Instruments / Günther Oestmann -- Astrological Aspectaria on Early Modern Instruments / Louise E. Devoy -- Italian Astronomical Clocks as Public Astrological Machines / Marisa Addomine -- Astrological Time in Public Space: The Görlitz Arachne (1550) and Planetary Hours / Richard L. Kremer -- The Heavens at the Medici Court: Antonio Santucci’s Cosmological Models / Giorgio Strano -- Were Globes Used in the Practice of Early Modern Astrology? / Jim Bennett and Sylvia Sumira -- Instruments and the Astrologer’s Image / Richard Dunn -- Defining Scientific Instruments in Astrological Practice: A Response / Marvin Bolt -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493684003321 |
Richard Dunn; Silke Ackermann; Giorgio Strano (Volume Editors) | ||
Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heaven and Earth United, : Instruments in Astrological Contexts |
Autore | Richard Dunn; Silke Ackermann; Giorgio Strano (Volume Editors) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | Scientific instruments and collections |
Soggetto topico | Astronomical instruments - History |
ISBN | 90-04-38143-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction / Richard Dunn , Silke Ackermann and Giorgio Strano -- Using Astrolabes for Astrological Purposes: The Earliest Evidence Revisited / Petra G. Schmidl -- What’s on the Back of an Astrolabe? Astrolabes as Supports for Planetary Calculators / Seb Falk -- Medical and Astrological Plates: Their Roles in Medieval and Renaissance Knowledge / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- “Preciseness and Pleasure”: The Astrological Diptychs of Thomas Hood / Stephen Johnston -- Displaying Astrological Knowledge through Tabulation: Some Notes Pertaining to Particular Arrangement on Instruments / Günther Oestmann -- Astrological Aspectaria on Early Modern Instruments / Louise E. Devoy -- Italian Astronomical Clocks as Public Astrological Machines / Marisa Addomine -- Astrological Time in Public Space: The Görlitz Arachne (1550) and Planetary Hours / Richard L. Kremer -- The Heavens at the Medici Court: Antonio Santucci’s Cosmological Models / Giorgio Strano -- Were Globes Used in the Practice of Early Modern Astrology? / Jim Bennett and Sylvia Sumira -- Instruments and the Astrologer’s Image / Richard Dunn -- Defining Scientific Instruments in Astrological Practice: A Response / Marvin Bolt -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796950203321 |
Richard Dunn; Silke Ackermann; Giorgio Strano (Volume Editors) | ||
Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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