A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts

• Tác giả: Eric M Ramírez-Weaver
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0271071268
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 745.6709443853 Calligraphy, heraldic design, illumination
• Thông tin xuất bản: Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017
• Mô tả vật lý: xiv, 296 pages ; , 26
• Bộ sưu tập: Kiến trúc, nghệ thuật, hội họa
• ID: 154710
• Chủ đề: 1. Astronomy in ar; 2. Astronomy, Medieva; 3. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Carolingia; 4. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and inde

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"Focusing on the Handbook of 809, explores how the liberal arts, and in particular astronomy, experienced a revival in the ninth-century court of Charlemagne. Documents the utility of the constellations for prelates who needed to fix the floating feast of Easter and reckon time"--Provided by publishe