Illustrating the Phaenomena

Celestial cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

AvElly Dekker

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-25
Mått:201 x 254 x 29 mm
Vikt:1 246 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:478
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199609697

Utforska kategorier

Astronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Elly Dekker is an independent scholar studying the history of astronomy and of scientific instruments. She was awarded the Sackler Fellowship and the Caird medal for cataloguing the collection of globes and armillary spheres of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.

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A book that will have many uses and a long life. It is beautifully illustrated, with numerous high-quality black-and-white photographs and eight color plates. Anyone interested in the representations of the heavens before the modern period will inevitably need to dip into this important book.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Preliminaries ; 2. Celestial Globes in Antiquity ; 3. The descriptive tradition in the Middle Ages ; 4. Islamic celestial cartography ; 5. The mathematical tradition in medieval Europe ; 6. Epilogue

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