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Author Eagleton, Catherine.

Title Monks, manuscripts and sundials [electronic resource] : the navicula in medieval England / by Catherine Eagleton.

Imprint Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 292 p. : ill.
Series History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 13
Medieval and early modern science ; v. 11
History of science and medicine library ; v. 13.
History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 11.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Monks, manuscripts, and sundials : the navicula in medieval England -- Five fifteenth-century sundials -- Manuscript sources about the navicula -- Calendar tables and latitude lists -- Texts, instruments, diagrams and relations between them -- Using a sundial, understanding the heavens? -- The navicula and the organum ptolomei -- How sixteenth-century books redefined a medieval sundial.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Sundials -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources.
Sundials -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004176652 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004176659 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789047430094 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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