Ordering the heavens Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance / by Bruce S. Eastwood.

Author/creator Eastwood, Bruce
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxxii, 452 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesHistory of science and medicine library ; v. 4
Medieval and early modern science ; v. 8
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [433]-446) and index.
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LCCN 2007024765 2009502227
ISBN9789004161863 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9004161864 (hardback : alk. paper)

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