A SAVING SCIENCE: CAPTURING THE HEAVENS IN CAROLINGIAN MANUSCRIPTS

A Saving Science: Capturing the Heavens in Carolingian Manuscripts Ramirez-Weaver Eric M. (Associate Professor University of Virginia) Wydawca: Pennsylvania State University Press Data wydania: 2016 ISBN: 9780271071268 Liczba stron: 312 Format: 240 x 264 x 29 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: 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.