The Ciphers of the Monks and the Astrolabe of Berselius Reconsidered

David A. King

A chapter in Amphora, 1992, pp 375-388 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The surviving astronomical instruments of the Middle Ages, be they Islamic or European, are a rich source for the study of the development of various astronomical, geographical and mathematical concepts, let alone technology and art. They have never previously been systematically exploited for the names used for stars on representations of the heavens, for the latitudes that were used for specific localities, or for the various scales and trigonometric grids used to facilitate calculations of one sort or another. Also modes of construction changed with time, and the decoration used for star-maps had to be modified over the centuries because the stars move irregularly relative to the celestial equator.

Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8599-7_18

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