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Bruce Eastwood

Ordering the Heavens - Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the Carolingian Renaissance

English · Hardback

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Description

Based on scores of medieval manuscript texts and diagrams, the 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.

Product details

Authors	Bruce Eastwood
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	20.07.2007

EAN	9789004161863
ISBN	978-90-04-16186-3
No. of pages	456
Dimensions	169 mm x 246 mm x 34 mm
Weight	996 g
Series	Medieval and Early Modern Phil
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy

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