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Author: J. SCHWARTZ (Librarian, New York Apprentices' Library.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
King Aquila's Library: a sequel to “King Leo's Classification.” [A description, in the form of a fable of a method of classifying books in public libraries.]
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Author: J. SCHWARTZ (Librarian, New York Apprentices' Library.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Observations and Predictions of Eclipse Times by Early Astronomers
Author: J.M. SteelePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401595283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Eclipses have long been seen as important celestial phenomena, whether as omens affecting the future of kingdoms, or as useful astronomical events to help in deriving essential parameters for theories of the motion of the moon and sun. This is the first book to collect together all presently known records of timed eclipse observations and predictions from antiquity to the time of the invention of the telescope. In addition to cataloguing and assessing the accuracy of the various records, which come from regions as diverse as Ancient Mesopotamia, China, and Europe, the sources in which they are found are described in detail. Related questions such as what type of clocks were used to time the observations, how the eclipse predictions were made, and how these prediction schemes were derived from the available observations are also considered. The results of this investigation have important consequences for how we understand the relationship between observation and theory in early science and the role of astronomy in early cultures, and will be of interest to historians of science, astronomers, and ancient and medieval historians.
The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi
Author: Saint Francis (of Assisi)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Library Catalogues of the English Renaissance
Author: Sears JaynePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville
Author: Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139456164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This work is a complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, Bishop of Seville (c.560–636). Isidore compiled the work between c.615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matter. It contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the Seven Liberal Arts, including Rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of God, the terminology of the Law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensils. Isidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaning. This book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the Etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from Isidore's time.
Royal Genealogies : Or, the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes, from Adam to These Times ; in Two Parts. Part I. Begins with a Chronological History of the World, from the Beginning of Time to the Christian Era, and Then the Genealogies of the Earliest Great Families and Most Ancient Sovereigns of Asia, Europe, Africa and America, Down to Charlemain, and Many of 'em Down to These Times. Part II. Begins with the Grand Revolution of Charlemain, and Carries on the Royal and Princely Genealogies of Europe Down to These Times ; Concluding with Those of the Britannic Isles... By James Anderson,...
Author: James AndersonWonders and the Order of Nature 1150–1750
Author: Lorraine DastonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Discusses how European scientists from the High Middle Ages through the Enlightenment used wonders, monsters, curiosities, marvels, and other phenomena to envision the natural world.
Fine Books
Author: Alfred William PollardPublisher:
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Category : Illustrated books
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
European Drawings 2
Author: George R. GoldnerPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892362197
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Getty Museum's collection of drawings was begun in 1981 with the purchase of a Rembrandt nude and has since become an important repository of European works from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century. As in the first volume devoted to the collection (published in 1988 in English and Italian editions), the text is here organized first by national school, then alphabetically by artist, with individual works arranged chronologically. For each drawing, the authors provide a discussion of the work's style, dating, iconography, and relationship to other works, as well as provenance and a complete bibliography.