Illustrating the Phaenomena

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Author	: Elly Dekker
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 486
Release	: 2013
ISBN-10	: 9780199609697
ISBN-13	: 0199609691
Rating	: 4/5 (97 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Illustrating the Phaenomena by : Elly Dekker

Book excerpt: In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making these artefacts in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Islamic world and the European Renaissance before 1500.

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