Edited by Jonathan Ben-Dov, Wayne Horowitz and John M. Steele
Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781842174814
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2012-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
350 Pages
Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the length of each month and the number of months in the year. Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of the eye of an observer mean that the first sighting of the new moon crescent can never be known in advance.
Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World
Edited by John M. Steele
Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9781842179871
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2011-02-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
176 Pages
Understanding the calendars used by ancient and medieval cultures is essential to the writing of history. Equally important, however, is understanding the basis upon which our current knowledge of these calendars rests.
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