Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance /

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Author / Creator:	Eastwood, Bruce.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	History of science and medicine library ; v. 4 Medieval and early modern science ; v. 8 History of science and medicine library ; v. 4. History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 8.
Subject:	Planetary theory -- History. Astronomy, Medieval -- Europe. Cosmology, Medieval. Carolingians. Astronomy, Medieval. Carolingians. Cosmology, Medieval. Planetary theory. Europe. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188133

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ISBN:	9789047431077 9047431073 9789004161863 9004161864 1281936561 9781281936561 9786611936563 6611936564
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Eastwood, Bruce. Ordering the heavens. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2007 9789004161863 9004161864
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004161863.i-453

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