17-12-2017, 05:07 PM
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Andrew -
I should have added links to a couple more:
Polaris id.
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On Ptolemy I'd recommend:
M.J.L. Young, J.D. Latham and R.B. Serjeant, Religion, Learning and science in the 'Abbasid period (CUP 1990).
Here is the diagram for easy reference: gained from Soler's chart: Here polaris for the North emblem imo; Moon for South; Spiral-armed sun is emblem for East .. which I found rather interesting.
![[Image: solers-axis-and-centre-in-metapontum.jpg]](https://voynichimagery.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/solers-axis-and-centre-in-metapontum.jpg)
Since I've recently moved from 'wordpress.com'... here are a couple of the posts again:
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and as caution on supposing modern star-names and orthography will be those in a fifteenth-century ms.
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Cheers
I should have added links to a couple more:
Polaris id.
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On Ptolemy I'd recommend:
M.J.L. Young, J.D. Latham and R.B. Serjeant, Religion, Learning and science in the 'Abbasid period (CUP 1990).
Here is the diagram for easy reference: gained from Soler's chart: Here polaris for the North emblem imo; Moon for South; Spiral-armed sun is emblem for East .. which I found rather interesting.
Since I've recently moved from 'wordpress.com'... here are a couple of the posts again:
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and as caution on supposing modern star-names and orthography will be those in a fifteenth-century ms.
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Cheers