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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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3221
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Doc. No
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b15460
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Language of Document
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English
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Main Entry
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Eastwood, Bruce
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Title & Author
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Ordering the heavens:Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance/ by Bruce S. Eastwood
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Publication Statement
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Leiden ;Boston: Brill,, 2007.
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Series Statement
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(History of science and medicine library ; v 4)
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(Medieval and early modern science ; v 8)
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Page. NO
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xxii, 452 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
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ISBN
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9789004161863(hardback : alk.paper)
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Notes
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Print
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-446) and index.
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Contents
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Introduction -- Macrobius's Commentary on Scipio's dream : its Carolingian uses for astronomy and cosmology -- Pliny the Elder's Natural history : encyclopedia for Carolingian astronomy and cosmology -- Martianus Capella's synopsis of astronomy in The marriage of philology and Mercury and its major Carolingian commentaries -- Using Calcidius's Commentarius in Carolingian astronomy -- Carolingian diagrams for astronomy and cosmology.
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Subject
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Planetary theoryHistory
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Subject
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Astronomy, MedievalEurope
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Subject
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Cosmology, Medieval
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Subject
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Carolingians
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Dewey Classification
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520.94.0902
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LC Classification
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QB361.9.E445 2007
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