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This new volume of papers by Julio SamsA(3) deals with the
development of astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus and the
Maghrib between the 10th and the 19th centuries. Opening with a
survey of the social history of the exact sciences in al-Andalus,
the book then looks at astronomical tables: the first stages of the
introduction of al-Khwarizmi's and al-Battani's tables through the
school of Maslama al-Majriti, the development of Ibn al-Zarqalluh/
Azarquiel's theories in Maghribi zijes (Ibn al-Banna' and Ibn
Azzuz) and the abandonment of this tradition towards the end of the
14th century. From this period onwards new Eastern zijes (Muhyi
al-Din al-Maghribi, Ibn al-Shatir, Ulugh Beg) are introduced in the
Maghrib and, towards the beginning of the 17th century, a
translation of Abraham Zacut and Jose Vizinho's Almanach Perpetuum
(end of the 15th century) becomes well known in the whole Islamic
world, from Morocco to the Yemen. As well as zijes themselves, the
author also deals with theoretical astronomy (the use of an
elliptical deferent for Mercury in Ibn al-Zarqalluh's equatorium
and the criticisms of Ibn al-Haytham and Jabir b. Aflah on
Ptolemy's determination of the parameters of the same planet), and
with the use of zijes for the calculation of horoscopes, and an
experimental astrological method for the correction of mean motion
planetary tables (Ibn Azzuz).
These two volumes present a conspectus of current research on the
history and culture of early medieval Spain and Portugal, from the
time of the Arab conquest in 711 up to the fall of the caliphate.
They trace the impact of Islamisation on the pre-existing Roman and
Visigothic political and social structures, the continuing
interaction between Christian and Muslim, and describe the
particular development and characteristics of Muslim Spain-
al-Andalus. Together, they comprise 38 articles, of which 32 have
been translated into English specially for this publication. The
first volume focuses on political and social history, and looks in
detail at settlement patterns and urbanisation; the second examines
questions of language and covers the brilliant cultural and
intellectual history of the period.
This new volume of papers by Julio SamsA(3) deals with the
development of astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus and the
Maghrib between the 10th and the 19th centuries. Opening with a
survey of the social history of the exact sciences in al-Andalus,
the book then looks at astronomical tables: the first stages of the
introduction of al-Khwarizmi's and al-Battani's tables through the
school of Maslama al-Majriti, the development of Ibn al-Zarqalluh/
Azarquiel's theories in Maghribi zijes (Ibn al-Banna' and Ibn
Azzuz) and the abandonment of this tradition towards the end of the
14th century. From this period onwards new Eastern zijes (Muhyi
al-Din al-Maghribi, Ibn al-Shatir, Ulugh Beg) are introduced in the
Maghrib and, towards the beginning of the 17th century, a
translation of Abraham Zacut and Jose Vizinho's Almanach Perpetuum
(end of the 15th century) becomes well known in the whole Islamic
world, from Morocco to the Yemen. As well as zijes themselves, the
author also deals with theoretical astronomy (the use of an
elliptical deferent for Mercury in Ibn al-Zarqalluh's equatorium
and the criticisms of Ibn al-Haytham and Jabir b. Aflah on
Ptolemy's determination of the parameters of the same planet), and
with the use of zijes for the calculation of horoscopes, and an
experimental astrological method for the correction of mean motion
planetary tables (Ibn Azzuz).
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