| Description |
1 online resource (volumes) |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface 1; Preface 2; Statement on previous publication of parts of this work; Bibliography and bibliographical abbreviations; Part I A survey of tables for timekeeping by the sun and stars; Part II A survey of tables for regulating the times of prayer; Part III A survey of arithmetical shadow-schemes for time-reckoning; Part IV On the times of Muslim prayer; Part V On the role of the muezzin and the muwaqqit in medieval Islamic societies; Part VIa Universal solutions in Islamic astronomy |
| Summary |
King (history of science, F.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany), in the first of two volumes, presents an analysis of over 500 manuscripts that document the use of the sun and stars to keep time, an essential task in determining the hour of prayer, which is called by the muezzin in the Islamic world. (Volume 2 will be devoted to the instruments used |
| Notes |
V. 1 |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- Islamic countries -- History
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Astronomy, Medieval.
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Islam and science.
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Time (Islamic law)
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Astronomy.
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Astronomy, Medieval.
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Islam and science.
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Time (Islamic law)
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Islamic countries.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9047401026 |
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9789047401025 |
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