Mind and Hand: Early Scientific Instruments from al-Andalus, and ʿAbbas ibn Firnas in the Cordoban Umayyad Court
This essay explores the symbiotic relationship between visual culture and the exact sciences that is revealed by the career of ʿAbbas b. Firnas (d. circa 876), as recounted in the Cordoban court chronicle compiled by the historian Ibn Hayyan (d. 1076), and by early scientific instruments from al-And...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Muqarnas
Year: 2020, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-28 |
| Further subjects: | B
exact sciences
B Craft B Astrolabes B scientific instruments B Science B ʿAbbas b. Firnas B Artisans B Scientists B Córdoba B al-Andalus B Astronomy B Spain |
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