The Tables of 1322 by John of Ligneres: An Edition with Commentary

by José Chabás

Medieval astronomers used tables to solve most of the problems they faced. These tables were generally assembled in sets, which constituted genuine tool-boxes aimed at facilitating the task of practitioners of astronomy. In the early fourteenth century, the set of tables compiled by the astronomers at the service of King Alfonso X of Castile and Leon (d. 1284), reached Paris, where several scholars linked to the university recast them and generated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503596096
• ISBN13: 9782503596099
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 159 Pages