Monks, manuscripts and sundials the navicula in medieval England /

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Autore principale: Eagleton, Catherine
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
latino
Pubblicazione: Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Serie:History of science and medicine library ; v. 13.
History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 11.
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Sommario:
  • Monks, manuscripts, and sundials : the navicula in medieval England
  • Five fifteenth-century sundials
  • Manuscript sources about the navicula
  • Calendar tables and latitude lists
  • Texts, instruments, diagrams and relations between them
  • Using a sundial, understanding the heavens?
  • The navicula and the organum ptolomei
  • How sixteenth-century books redefined a medieval sundial.