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.

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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