Julio Samsó

Gebundenes Buch

On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar

Studies in the History of Medieval Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghrib

Beschreibung

In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó studies the history of medieval astronomy in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), the Maghrib and the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. He proves that the Arabic, Latin, Hebrew, Castilian and Catalan sources belong to the same tradition whose origin can be dated in the 11th century due to the changes in Ptolemy's astronomical theory introduced by the Toledan astronomer Ibn al-Zarqālluh/Azarquiel. The book also analyses the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to Europe and justifies the fact that Eastern Islamic works published after ca. 950 CE were not accessible to medieval European scholars because they had not reached al-Andalus.

Autor

Julio Samsó, Ph.D. (1966), University of Barcelona, is Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at that university. He has published books and many articles on the history of medieval astronomy in al-Andalus and the Maghrib, including Las ciencias de los antiguos en al-Andalus (2nd edition, Fundación Ibn Tufayl, 2011), Islamic Astronomy and Medieval Spain (Variorum. Aldershot, 1994), Astronomy and Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib (Ashgate Variorum. Aldershot, 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 1028
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 2012g
• ISBN-13: 9789004436565
• ISBN-10: 9004436561
• Artikelnr.: 60412582