On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar - Studies in the History of Medieval Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghrib

In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó shows that astronomical sources, written in al-Andalus, the Maghrib and the Iberian Peninsula, belong to the same tradition and emphasizes the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to medieval Europe.

About the author

Julio Samsó, Ph.D. (1966), University of Barcelona, is Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at that university. He has published books and many articles on the history of medieval astronomy in al-Andalus and the Maghrib, including Las ciencias de los antiguos en al-Andalus (2nd edition, Fundación Ibn Tufayl, 2011), Islamic Astronomy and Medieval Spain (Variorum. Aldershot, 1994), Astronomy and Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib (Ashgate Variorum. Aldershot, 2007).

Product details

• Authors: Julio Samsó
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2020
• EAN: 9789004436565
• ISBN: 978-90-04-43656-5
• No. of pages: 1028
• Weight: 2012 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias