Astrolabes at Greenwich : a catalogue of the astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich / [edited by] Koenraad van Cleempoel ; with contributions from Silke Ackermann [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 2005Edition: [First edition]Description: ix, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; portraits (some color) ; 33 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198530695
  • 0198530692
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
part 1. Astrolabes -- 1. The provenance of the astrolabe collection at the National Maritime Museum / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- 2. The construction and use of the astrolabe / David Proctor -- 3. The literature of the astrolabe to 1450 / Richard Lorch -- 4. From brass to text : the European astrolabe in literature and print / A.J. Turner -- 5. The stars on the astrolabe / Paul Kunitzsch -- 6. Exploring the retes of astrolabes / Elly Dekker -- 7. Astrological scales on the National Maritime Museum astrolabes / Silke Achermann -- 8. The problem of authenticity / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- 9. Representations of astrolabes in western art / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- part 2. The catalogue.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB85 .A88 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000025094

In slip case.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

part 1. Astrolabes -- 1. The provenance of the astrolabe collection at the National Maritime Museum / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- 2. The construction and use of the astrolabe / David Proctor -- 3. The literature of the astrolabe to 1450 / Richard Lorch -- 4. From brass to text : the European astrolabe in literature and print / A.J. Turner -- 5. The stars on the astrolabe / Paul Kunitzsch -- 6. Exploring the retes of astrolabes / Elly Dekker -- 7. Astrological scales on the National Maritime Museum astrolabes / Silke Achermann -- 8. The problem of authenticity / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- 9. Representations of astrolabes in western art / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- part 2. The catalogue.

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