Time, Astronomy, and Calendars

Texts and Studies

Charles Burnett and Sacha Stern

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2211-632X
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€107.00$149.00
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TAC
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02
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Hardback
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9789004230583
A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages
José Chabás, University Pompeu Fabra and Bernard R. Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
This is a survey of the numerous astronomical tables compiled in the late Middle Ages, which represent a major intellectual enterprise. Such tables were often the best way available at the time for transmitting precise information to the reader.
€121.00$166.00
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TAC
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1
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Hardback
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9789004212190
Dating the Passion
C. Philipp E. Nothaft
Drawing on computistical and astronomical sources from late antiquity to the Renaissance, this book demonstrates how pre-modern Christian attempts to determine the principal dates of the life of Jesus played an essential role in the development of historical chronology.
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