Science in Western and Eastern Civilization in Carolingian Times
Published in May 1993
Book
Hardback
605 pages
978-3-7643-2863-4 (ISBN)
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The intellectual crisis of the fifth to seventh centuries was followed by "new beginnings" in both West and East, that become tangible by AD 800. Latin and Greek works were transcribed or translated, then circulated and commented upon, in a context of new practical needs and scholarly interests. This interdisciplinary volume includes contributions by 25 international specialists, focusing on the renewal of scientific efforts in the Latin West, Byzantium and the Islamic East. It presents unpublished, original texts and modern translations, analytical papers on calendric computation, as well as review articles examining mathematics, astronomy, and the applied sciences. A comprehensive study of illuminated Carolingian and Byzantine manuscripts serves to illustrate the subject matter, while a tabular overview of scientific achievements c AD 400-950 concludes the work.
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Part 1 Centres of tradition and transmission in Western Europe: Alcuin im Kreis der Hofgelehren Karls des Grossen, Josef Fleckenstein; Alcuin and York in the eighth century, Edward James; the Irish as mediators of antique culture on the Continent, Daibhi O Croinin; Alcuin und die Enzuklopaedie von 809, Arno Borst; Alcuins Korrespondenz mit Karl dem Grossen ueber Kalender und Astronomie, Dietrich Lohrmann; the Aachen Chapel - a model of salvation?, Nogel Hiscock; the "liber glossarum" - a Carolingian encyclopedia, David Ganz. Part 2 Astronomy: astronomies in the Latin West from the fifth to the ninth centuries, Stephen C. McCluskey; the astronomies of Pliny, Martianus Capella and Isidore of Sevilla in the Carolingian world, Bruce Eastwood; l'astronomie a Byzance a l'epoque iconoclaste (VIIIe-IXe siecles), Anne Tihon; Arabische Astronomie im 8. bis 10. Jahrhundert, Paul Kunitzsch; Ptolemy's Milky Way and modern surface photometries in the visual spectral range, Wolfhard Schlosser and Bernhard Hoffmann; Pacificus von Verona als Erfinder einer Sternenuhr, Joachim Wiesenbach; die kuenstlerische Gestaltung der astronomischen und komputistischen Handschriften des Westens, Anton von Euw. Part 3 Computistics and mathematics: die Alcuin zugeschriebenen "Propositiones ad Acuendos Iuvenes", Menso Folkerts; die Alcuin zugeschriebenen "Propositiones ad Acuendos Iuvenes" (Afgaben sur Schaerfung des Geistes der Jugend) - lateinischer Text und deutsche Uebersetzung, Helmut Gericke and Menso Folkerts; Computus-Handschriften Walahfrid Strabos, Wesley M. Stevens; Leo the Mathematician - his literary presence in Byzantium during the 9th century, Vassilis Katsaros; arabische Mathematik im 8.-10. Jahrhundert; mathematics in West and East from the fifth to the tenth centuries - an overview, Paul L. Butzer. Part 4 Applied sciences: science and technology in 9th-century Baghdad, Donald R. Hill; Thesen zu einer karolingischen Metrologie, Harald Witthoeft; Dicuils "De Mensura Orbis Terrae", Werner Bergmann; the classical tradition of agronomic science - perspectives on Carolingian agriculture and agronomy, Karl W. Butzer. Appendix: table of scholars and works in science (AD 400-950), Paul L. Butzer.