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Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro del saber de astrologia and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments

In: Medieval Encounters
Author:
Laura Fernández Fernández Department of Medieval Art History, Complutense University of Madrid Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid Spain

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22 Sep 2017
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Abstract

This article analyses the relationship between text and image in one of the most important scientific manuscripts commissioned by Alfonso x the Learned, El Libro del saber de astrologia (Ms. 156 bh Complutense University, Madrid). The main topic deals with the depiction of astrolabes in the four treatises devoted to this instrument in the codex, and the connexion established between the real astrolabes, the depicted ones, and the written sources used by the Alfonsine team.

Title:
Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X’s Libro del saber de astrologia and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12342249
Language:
English
Pages:
287–310
Keywords:
Alfonso x; Libro del Saber de Astrologia; medieval astrolabes; scientific illuminated manuscripts
In:
Medieval Encounters
In:
Volume 23: Issue 1-5
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1570-0674
Print ISSN:
1380-7854
Subjects:
Medieval History, History, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies

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