The Resource Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance, by Bruce S. Eastwood
Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance, by Bruce S. Eastwood
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- Summary
- Based on scores of medieval manuscript texts and diagrams, this book shows how Roman sources were used in the age of Charlemagne to reintroduce and expand a qualitative picture of articulated geometrical order in the heavens
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Macrobius's Commentary on Scipio's dream : its Carolingian uses for astronomy and cosmology
- Pliny the Elder's Natural history : encyclopedia for Carolingian astronomy and cosmology
- Martianus Capella's synopsis of astronomy in The marriage of philology and Mercury and its major Carolingian commentaries
- Using Calcidius's Commentarius in Carolingian astronomy
- Carolingian diagrams for astronomy and cosmology
- Isbn
- 9789004161863
- Label
- Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance
- Title
- Ordering the heavens
- Title remainder
- Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance
- Statement of responsibility
- by Bruce S. Eastwood
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Based on scores of medieval manuscript texts and diagrams, this book shows how Roman sources were used in the age of Charlemagne to reintroduce and expand a qualitative picture of articulated geometrical order in the heavens
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Eastwood, Bruce
- Dewey number
- 520.94/0902
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB361.9
- LC item number
- .E445 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
-
- History of science and medicine library
- Medieval and early modern science
- Series volume
-
- v. 4
- v. 8
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Planetary theory
- Astronomy, Medieval
- Cosmology, Medieval
- Carolingians
- SCIENCE
- Astronomy, Medieval
- Carolingians
- Cosmology, Medieval
- Planetary theory
- Europe
- Kosmologie
- Sterrenkunde
- Karolingische renaissance
- Label
- Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance, by Bruce S. Eastwood
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Macrobius's Commentary on Scipio's dream : its Carolingian uses for astronomy and cosmology -- Pliny the Elder's Natural history : encyclopedia for Carolingian astronomy and cosmology -- Martianus Capella's synopsis of astronomy in The marriage of philology and Mercury and its major Carolingian commentaries -- Using Calcidius's Commentarius in Carolingian astronomy -- Carolingian diagrams for astronomy and cosmology
- Control code
- 311579304
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789004161863
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1163/ej.9789004161863.i-453
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)311579304
- Label
- Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance, by Bruce S. Eastwood
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Macrobius's Commentary on Scipio's dream : its Carolingian uses for astronomy and cosmology -- Pliny the Elder's Natural history : encyclopedia for Carolingian astronomy and cosmology -- Martianus Capella's synopsis of astronomy in The marriage of philology and Mercury and its major Carolingian commentaries -- Using Calcidius's Commentarius in Carolingian astronomy -- Carolingian diagrams for astronomy and cosmology
- Control code
- 311579304
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789004161863
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1163/ej.9789004161863.i-453
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)311579304
Subject
- Astronomy, Medieval
- Astronomy, Medieval -- Europe
- Carolingians
- Carolingians
- Cosmology, Medieval
- Cosmology, Medieval
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Europe
- History
- Karolingische renaissance
- Kosmologie
- Planetary theory
- Planetary theory -- History
- SCIENCE -- Astronomy
- Sterrenkunde
Genre
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- History of science and medicine library, v. 4
- History of science and medicine library, Medieval and early modern science, v. 8
- Ebook Central Academic Complete
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