The Schemata of the Stars
Subtitle: Byzantine Astronomy from A.D. 1300
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9789810234898
Subjects: Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Science/Mathematics; Chioniades, Gregorios,; History Of Astronomy; Stars; Science; Byzantine Empire; Early works to 1800; Astronomy - General; History; Chioniades, Gregorios; Astronomy; 13th/14th cent; Astronomy, Arabic; Astronomy, Medieval
First sentence: It is an event of great historical significance that Byzantium preserved the cultural traditions of the ancient world and transmitted them first to the Arab world and then to Western Europe.