1st Edition
The Revival of Planetary Astronomy in Carolingian and Post-Carolingian Europe
By Bruce S. Eastwood
Copyright 2002
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2002: Before the introduction of Greco-Arabic mathematical astronomy in the 12th century, what astronomy was there in the medieval West? While we know of developments in computus, which calculated with solar and lunar cycles to create Christian calendars, and in monastic time-telling by the stars, was anything known of the five planets? Using glosses,... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Astronomy in Christian Latin Europe, c.500-c.1150; Plinian astronomy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance; Plinian astronomical diagrams in the early Middle Ages; Origins and contents of the Leiden planetary configuration (ms. Voss. Q.79, f. 93v): an artistic astronomical schema of the early Middle Ages; The astronomy of Macrobius in Carolingian Europe: Dungal's letter of 811 to Charles the Great; The astronomies of Pliny, Martianus Capella, and Isidore of Seville in the Carolingian world; Astronomical images and planetary theory in Carolingian studies of Martianus Capella; Plato and circumsolar planetary motion in the Middle Ages; Heraclides and Heliocentrism: texts, diagrams, and interpretations; Calcidius's commentary on Plato’s Timaeus in Latin astronomy of the 9th to 11th centuries; Index.
Biography
Bruce S. Eastwood
'... Eastwood's work has to be hailed as a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of astronomy. His book will certainly function as a cornerstone for all future study of Medieval astronomical diagrams.' Metascience
