A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes.
During the twentieth century, scholars attempted to date early astronomical instruments by the scientific information discernable in their design. In particular, they devised "methods" to date planispheric astrolabes by the position of the vernal equinox on the calendar scale or by the precessional...
| Publicado en: | Medieval Encounters Vol. 23; no. 1-5; pp. 444 - 468 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=125515186&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 125515186 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13807854 C3P jtl: Medieval Encounters issn: 13807854 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2017 vid: 23 iid: 1-5 pid: 639 pub: Brill Academic Publishers artinfo: ui: 125515186 10.1163/15700674-12342255 ppf: 444 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 3.1MB tig: atl: A New Approach to the Star Data of Early Planispheric Astrolabes. aug: au: Strano, Giorgio affil: Museo Galileo, Piazza dei Giudici 1, 50122 Florence, Italy su: Astrolabes Planispheres Scholars Problem solving Astronomical clocks sug: subj: Astrolabes Planispheres Scholars Problem solving Astronomical clocks keyword: Catalan astrolabe Data interpretation English medieval astrolabes Geoffrey Chaucer Pseudo-Messahalla star table ab: During the twentieth century, scholars attempted to date early astronomical instruments by the scientific information discernable in their design. In particular, they devised "methods" to date planispheric astrolabes by the position of the vernal equinox on the calendar scale or by the precessional effect over the star coordinates. Such methods usually overlooked the many problems behind the instruments' design and construction and the vicissitudes in a particular object's history. Criticisms of the naiveté of the scientific approach did not persuade scholars with an astronomical background. They remained convinced of the supreme explanatory power that the present knowledge has for deciphering the past. The criticisms, instead, dissuaded scholars with a historical background from paying attention to the scientific data. They felt comfortable in analysing scientific relics on the basis of other types of evidence, such as textual sources, iconography, and style. The star coordinates of early planispheric astrolabes, as witnessed in their star pointers, can neither be regarded nor treated as the data of present science. Even if they do not describe the sky at the very moment of the making of the instruments, they may, nevertheless, be considered as non-textual sources that contain precious information. The star coordinates on the astrolabe retes may in fact connect groups of instruments with early star tables. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Medieval Encounters is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Medieval Encounters holder: Brill Academic Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2017 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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