The call of the muezzin studies in astronomical timekeeping and instrumentation in medieval Islamic civilization : (studies I-IX) /
King (history of science, F.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany), in the first of two volumes, presents an analysis of over 500 manuscripts that document the use of the sun and stars to keep time, an essential task in determining the hour of prayer, which is called by the muezzin in the Islamic world....
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Brill,
2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ;
v. 55 |
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| Summary: | King (history of science, F.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany), in the first of two volumes, presents an analysis of over 500 manuscripts that document the use of the sun and stars to keep time, an essential task in determining the hour of prayer, which is called by the muezzin in the Islamic world. (Volume 2 will be devoted to the instruments used |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (987 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1-280-46485-2 1-4237-1099-1 90-474-0102-6 9781423710991 9786610464852 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8729 ; |