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Monks, manuscripts, and sundials : the navicula in medieval England / by Catherine Eagleton.

By: Eagleton, Catherine
Series: History of science and medicine library ; v. 13Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9789004176652Subject(s): Sundials -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources | Sundials -- Great Britain -- History -- SourcesDDC classification: 681.1/11209420902
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves HoS 6.1.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10005593
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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.