Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures

by: Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas(Author),Charles Buett(Author),Silke Ackermann(Author),Ryan Szpiech(Author)&1more

Publisher: BRILL

Publication Date: 29 Nov. 2018

Language: English

Print Length: 512 pages

ISBN-10: 9004383808

ISBN-13: 9789004383807

Book Description

Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures brings together fourteen studies on the astrolabe in the Middle Ages. By considering sources and instruments from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish contexts, this volume provides state-of-the-art research on the history and use of the astrolabe.

About the Author

About the Author Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Ph.D. (2004, Universidad Complutense, Madrid) is a Researcher at the Institut für Judische Studien at the University of Münster. Charles Buett, Ph.D. (1976, University of Cambridge), is Professor of the History of Arabic/Islamic Influences in Europe at the Warburg Institute, University of London, Co-Director of the Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Silke Ackermann, Ph.D. (1996, Goethe University, Frankfurt), is Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. Ryan Szpiech, Ph.D. (2006, Yale University) is Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Michigan.