Monks, manuscripts and sundials

Eagleton, Catherine.

Monks, manuscripts and sundials the navicula in medieval England / [electronic resource] : by Catherine Eagleton. - Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - x, 292 p. : ill. - History of science and medicine library, v. 13 1872-0684 ; 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. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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Sundials--History--To 1500--Sources.
Sundials--History--Great Britain--Sources.


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