The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / edited by John M. Steele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steele, John M., editor.

Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Series:

Time, astronomy, and calendars ; v. 6.

Time, astronomy, and calendars, 2211-632X ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

x, 585 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

Astronomical and astrological knowledge circulated in many ways in the ancient world: in the form of written texts and through oral communication; by the conscious assimilation of sought-after knowledge and the unconscious absorption of ideas to which scholars were exposed. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World explores the ways in which astronomical knowledge circulated between different communities of scholars over time and space, and what was done with that knowledge when it was received. Examples are discussed from Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, India, and China. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Brown School of the History of Science: Historiography and the Astral Sciences / Francesca Rochberg Rochberg, Francesca 5

2 Astral Knowledge in an International Age: Transmission of the Cuneiform Tradition, ca. 1500-10006.c. / Matthew T. Rutz Rutz, Matthew T. 18

3 Traditions of Mesopotamian Celestial-Divinatory Schemes and the 4th Tablet of Summa Sin ina Tamartišu / Zackary Wainer Wainer, Zackary 55

4 The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge between Babylon and Uruk / John M. Steele Steele, John M. 83

5 The Micro-Zodiac in Babylon and Uruk: Seleucid Zodiacal Astrology / M. Willis Monroe Monroe, M. Willis 119

6 Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology / John Z. Wee Wee, John Z. 139

7 On the Concomitancy of the Seemingly Incommensurable, or Why Egyptian Astral Tradition Needs to he Analyzed within Its Cultural Context / Joachim Friedrich Quack Quack, Joachim Friedrich 230

8 Some Astrologers and Their Handbooks in Demotic Egyptian / Andreas Winkler Winkler, Andreas 245

9 The Anaphoricus of Hypsicles of Alexandria / Clemency Montette Montette, Clemency 287

10 Interpolated Observations and Historical Observational Records in Ptolemy's Astronomy / Alexander Jones Jones, Alexander 316

11 Mesopotamian Lunar Omens in Justinian's Constantinople / Zoë Misiewicz Misiewicz, Zoë 350

12 A Parallel Universe: The Transmission of Astronomical Terminology in Early Chinese Almanacs / Ethan Harkness Harkness, Ethan 396

13 Mercury and the Case for Plural Planetary Traditions in Early Imperial China / Daniel Patrick Morgan Morgan, Daniel Patrick 416

14 Calendrical Systems in Early Imperial China: Reform, Evaluation and Tradition / Yuzhen Guan Guan, Yuzhen 451

15 The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac during the Tang and Song Dynasties: A Set of Signs Which Lost Their Meanings within Chinese Horoscopic Astrology / Shenmi Song Song, Shenmi 478

16 On the Dunhuang Manuscript p.4071: A Case Study on the Sinicization of Western Horoscope in Late 10th Century China / Weixing Niu Niu, Weixing 527

17 Were Planetary Models of Ancient India Strongly Influenced by Greek Astronomy? / Dennis Duke Duke, Dennis 559.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world.

ISBN:

9789004315617

9004315616

OCLC:

934238904