| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 1005 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Handbook of oriental studies. Section one, The near and Middle East,
0169-9423 ;
volume 144 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
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Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East (2014) ; v. 144.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
"In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó studies the history of medieval astronomy in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), the Maghrib and the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. He proves that the Arabic, Latin, Hebrew, Castilian and Catalan sources belong to the same tradition whose origin can be dated in the 11th century due to the changes in Ptolemy's astronomical theory introduced by the Toledan astronomer Ibn al-Zarqālluh/Azarquiel. The book also analyses the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to Europe and justifies the fact that Eastern Islamic works published after ca. 950 CE were not accessible to medieval European scholars because they had not reached al-Andalus"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures -- Chapter 1 Historical Outline A Brief Chronological Survey -- 1.0 Foreword -- 1.1 Al-Andalus (711-1085) -- 1.2 The Maghrib (700-1050) -- 1.3 Almoravids (ca. 1050-ca. 1147) and Almohads (ca. 1147-1276) -- 1.4 Al-Maghrib and al-Andalus between the Thirteenth and the Fifteenth Centuries -- 1.4.1 Introduction -- 1.4.2 Zījes -- 1.4.3 Astrology -- 1.4.4 Mīqāt -- 1.5 Astronomy in the Christian Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula -- 1.5.1 The Transmission of Arabic Astronomy into Latin |
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1.5.2 The Kingdom of Castile in the Thirteenth Century: the Alfonsine Astronomical Production -- 1.5.3 Astronomy in Aragon and Castile in the Fourteenth Century -- 1.5.4 The Fifteenth Century in Castile -- 1.6 A Brief Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Mīqāt: Timekeeping and Qibla -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Calendars and Years -- 2.2 Eras -- 2.3 The Beginning of the Lunar Month -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 The Sources -- 2.3.3 The Astronomical Problem -- 2.3.4 The Computation -- 2.4 The Hour -- 2.4.1 Computational Methods for Telling the Time -- 2.4.2 Instruments for Telling the Time -- 2.5 The qibla |
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2.5.1 The qibla between the Seventh and the Ninth Centuries -- 2.5.2 The Astronomers' Solutions -- 2.5.3 Folk Astronomy and Legal Scholars -- 2.5.4 Qibla Indicators and the Actual Orientations of the Buildings -- Chapter 3 Astrology -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Patronage and the Practice of Astrology -- 3.1.1 Al-Andalus and the Maghrib -- 3.1.2 The Practice of Astrology in the Christian Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula -- 3.2 Thematic Surveys -- 3.2.1 Simple Systems of Astrological Prediction -- 3.2.2 Standard Astrology Based on Classical and Eastern Arabic Sources: ʿAlī ibn Abī l-Rijāl |
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3.2.3 Mathematical Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib -- 3.2.4 The Animodar -- 3.2.5 World Astrology: Planetary Conjunctions -- 3.2.6 Meteorological Astrology: al-Baqqār's Kitāb al-amṭār wa l-asʿār -- Chapter 4 Astronomical Instruments -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Spherical Instruments -- 4.1.1 Celestial Globe -- 4.1.2 Spherical Astrolabe -- 4.1.3 The Armillary Sphere -- 4.2 The Astrolabe -- 4.2.1 The Introduction of the Standard Astrolabe in al-Andalus -- 4.2.2 The Introduction of the Astrolabe in Catalonia (Tenth Century) |
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4.2.3 On the Standard Astrolabe in al-Andalus and the Maghrib from the Eleventh Century Onwards -- 4.2.4 The Astrolabe in the Christian Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula -- 4.3 Universal Astrolabes -- 4.3.0 Introduction -- 4.3.1 ʿAlī ibn Khalaf's Universal Plate -- 4.3.2 Ibn al-Zarqālluh's ṣafīḥa ("azafea") -- 4.3.3 On the Relative Chronology of the Three Universal Astrolabes -- 4.3.4 On the Transmission of Ibn al-Zarqālluh's ṣafīḥa to the Mashriq and the Maghrib -- 4.3.5 Ibn Bāṣoh's Plate for All Latitudes -- 4.3.6 al-Jazzār's Astrolabe -- 4.4 Quadrants -- 4.5 Equatoria -- 4.5.1 Introduction |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Astronomy, Medieval -- History.
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Astronomy, Medieval |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Samsó, Julio. On both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004436565 (DLC) 2020037585 |
| ISBN |
9789004436589 (electronic book) |
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9004436588 (electronic book) |
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9789004436565 (hardcover) |
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