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A Saving Science Capturing the Heavens in Carolingian Manuscripts
Title
A Saving Science [electronic resource] : Capturing the Heavens in Carolingian Manuscripts / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver.
ISBN
0271078278
9780271078274
9780271071268 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages )
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Summary
"Focusing on the Handbook of 809, explores how the liberal arts, and in particular astronomy, experienced a revival in the ninth-century court of Charlemagne. Documents the utility of the constellations for prelates who needed to fix the floating feast of Easter and reckon time"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2017 Complete Supplement.
Project MUSE - 2017 History Supplement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 26, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.
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